ED11-0150-097
Project: Superboom Caustic Analysis and Measurement Program (SCAMP)
NASA research pilot Nils Larson and flight engineer Mike Holtz discussed last-minute preparations before a SCAMP flight. The SCAMP experiment captured concurrent F/A-18B on-board flight instrumentation data, high-fidelity ground-based and airborne acoustic data, and surface and upper air meteorological data. Close coordination with NASA Dryden resulted in the development of new experimental instrumentation and techniques to facilitate the SCAMP flight-test execution, including the development of an F/A-18B Mach rate cockpit display, TG-14 powered glider in-flight sonic boom measurement instrumentation and “Where’s the Focus?” software for near-real time way-point computation accounting for local atmospherics.
Learn more.May 2011
NASA Dryden / Tom Tshida