The phrase "a research plane" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an aircraft specifically designed or utilized for research purposes, such as scientific studies or data collection.
Example: "The university has acquired a research plane to study atmospheric conditions in remote areas."
Alternatives: "a research aircraft" or "a research vehicle".
To check their readings, the team used a research plane to measure ozone levels at different altitudes over the ocean.
On the morning of March 10 , 1956 Mr. Twiss, a test pilot for Britain's Fairey Aviation, climbed into the cockpit of the delta-winged Fairey Delta 2, a research plane powered by a single turbojet engine, and took off from an experimental aircraft station near England's south coast.
Extensive ice radar measurements from a research plane flying overhead then revealed the impact crater in stunning detail.
Pollutants are being measured on the ground, at the top of BT Tower and from a research plane circling the capital.
Lisa Bucci, a scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shared a video of Hurricane Lane from a research plane, noting: "It's a strong and dangerous storm". Hurricanes rarely hit the Central Pacific region, due to currents and water conditions.
For example, the X-35, which was a research plane, was later redesignated the F-35 when it became fighter capable, even though the next number in the Fighter sequence was F-24.
A NASA research plane was sent late Thursday to assist in the search, the American Embassy in Buenos Aires said.
This clearly showed up in instruments deployed by a pollution research plane that I joined during the London Olympics in 2012.
Worried that Russia might use a rented research plane to spy on planned military exercises, the Swedish military last month ordered the Russian-owned aircraft to leave the country complicating a planned international science mission to study the Indian monsoon.
Flying into Hurricane Irma Jump to media player Take a flight inside the powerful storm with an American research plane.
Flying over Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier in a DC-8 research plane, scientists participating in NASA's IceBridge mission made a startling discovery on October 14, 2011: a massive crack running about 29 km across the glacier's floating tongue.
