This console and its complement of computers, monitors, and communications equipment make up the Research Engineering Test Station, the nerve center for a new aerodynamics experiment being conducted by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif.
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This console and its complement of computers, monitors, and communications equipment make up the Research Engineering Test Station, the nerve center for an aerodynamics experiment conducted by NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif.
The equipment was installed on a modified Lockheed L-1011 Tristar jetliner operated by Orbital Sciences Corp., of Dulles, Va., for Dryden’s Adaptive Performance Optimization project. The experiment sought to improve the efficiency of long-range jetliners by using small movements of the ailerons to improve the aerodynamics of the wing at cruise conditions.December 11, 1997NASA Photo / Brent Wood› Read L-1011 Project Description