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Aerion Corporation’s Test Article Attached to CLIP

Aerion Corporation's Test Article Attached to CLIP
Aerion Corporation's test article used in the initial Supersonic Boundary Layer Transition flight test project in 2010 was shown attached to the Centerline Instrumented Pylon slung beneath NASA's F-15B research aircraft.

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Project: Supersonic Boundary Layer Transition – Phase II (SBLT-II)
Aerion Corporation’s test article used in the initial Supersonic Boundary Layer Transition flight test project in 2010 was shown attached to the Centerline Instrumented Pylon (CLIP) slung beneath NASA’s F-15B research aircraft. A second phase of flight tests with a newer airfoil test article more representative of a laminar-flow wing design for Aerion’s planned supersonic business aircraft was scheduled to be flown on NASA’s F-15B research test bed during the summer of 2012.July 13, 2010
NASA / Tony Landis