NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center will participate in the Edwards Air Force Base Open House and Air Show Oct. 22-23, with four NASA research and support aircraft flying and several others on static display.
One of NASA’s high-flying Lockheed ER-2s and a highly modified McDonnell Douglas F-15B will be in the air, along with two Dryden mission support aircraft – a Beechcraft T-34 and a McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18. The ER-2 is flown in Earth resources research and satellite sensor validation, while the F-15B, best known for its role in the Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles project, is currently the testbed for Intelligent Flight Controls research.
Static displays and exhibits featuring several of NASA Dryden’s projects and one-of-a-kind research aircraft will be housed in a 300-foot-square area in giant Hangar 1600 or along the Edwards flight line during the two-day event. From NASA’s Active Aeroelastic Wing F/A-18 and the venerable NB-52B “mothership” launch aircraft to a full-scale mockup of the X-43A hypersonic research vehicle, the exhibit will highlight the cutting-edge flight research and technology development that occurs at NASA Dryden. A new display this year will feature replicas of the Mars Rovers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
As NASA’s premier center for atmospheric flight research, several exhibits showcasing Dryden’s research capabilities and history will be intermingled among the NASA aircraft. Several current and former NASA Dryden research pilots and engineers will be on hand to chat with the public. In addition, local high school robotic and middle school Lego teams supported by NASA Dryden will explain their program and demonstrate their robots in action as part of the exhibit on Saturday. Participating schools include Lancaster, Mojave, and Tehachapi High Schools along with Cole, Jacobsen and Desert Christian Middle Schools. The 2005 Edwards AFB Open House and Air Show will run from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 22 and 23, with flying demonstrations celebrating Edwards’ long history of contributions to the U.S. Air Force and the national defense as a whole set to begin at 10 a.m. each day. Flight highlights include the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team, the Tora, Tora, Tora re-enactment of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and a precision formation flight demonstration from the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
Other highlights include famed aerospace legend Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager (USAF-Ret.) flying a World War II-era North American P-51 Mustang and Julie Clark performing an aerobatic routine in a T-34.
The event showcases the aircraft systems and capabilities of the Air Force Flight Test Center, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, the Air Force Research Laboratory Propulsion Directorate, Marine Aircraft Group 46, and other local and visiting units. For further details, log on to the Edwards AFB Open House and Air Show web site at: www.edwards.af.mil/openhouse on the Internet, or phone (661) 277-NEWS.
For more information about flight research at NASA Dryden on the Internet, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden.
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