This complex tripod-mounted array of tubes and orifices set up 200 meters behind the right inboard engine of NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory was used to sample aerosols and reactive gases during synthetic fuels emission and engine performance tests at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif.
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This complex tripod-mounted array of tubes and orifices set up 200 meters behind the right inboard engine of NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory was used to sample aerosols and reactive gases during synthetic fuels emission and engine performance tests at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif.January 27, 2009
NASA Photo / Tom Tschida
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