X-1, U.S. rocket-powered supersonic research airplane built by Bell Aircraft Corporation, the first aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in level flight.
This paper addresses the design problem of Gain-Scheduled (GS) flight controller for the lateral-directional motions of a research airplane.
It has been successfully flown on the Geophysica research airplane during a test campaign in July 2005, during the SCOUT-O3 Tropical Aircraft Campaign in November/December 2005 and during the AMMA campaign in August 2006.
The University of Washington (UW), Seattle, undergraduates are inside a KC-135 microgravity research airplane, running a self-designed experiment in a lab that flies in a sinusoidal wave pattern to mimic the weightlessness of space.
But circumstantial evidence had suggested otherwise: The wasps somehow traveled hundreds of kilometers to colonize a formerly lifeless volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean called Anak Krakatoa, and they have been snarled in nets attached to a research airplane flying over open water in the Pacific.
But there has been a lot of talk going around in India of late about how ancient Hindus invented airplanes, stem cell research, and genetics (duly spoofed, here).
The pilot in command, Richard de Crespigny, spent the last two years researching the airplane and its engines for a book, according to Richard Woodward, a safety representative for the international pilots union and a Qantas pilot who says he has spoken to the crew of Flight 32.
The Bush administration has decided to commit $100 million to the first phase of development of an antimissile system that could be installed in passenger airplanes, a far larger research investment than the administration has discussed publicly, senior administration officials said today.
Effectiveness of single or double-wall containment structures against a possible strike of projectiles, missiles or airplanes is well researched.
To prepare for your debate, research the space airplane proposal to back up your argument with figures.
