February 9, 2016

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards, CaliforniaArmstrong Flight Research Center will host up to 40 social media followers to learn about the center’s contributions to NASA's missions. Attendees will have a rare opportunity to tour aircraft hangars and support facilities as well as learn about the center’s aeronautics research and airborne science initiatives. The program will also feature briefings from experts on how NASA Armstrong supports agency-wide missions in space exploration, technology development and our journey to Mars.

Republic F105D “Thundercheif”

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/multimedia/imagegallery/F-105/F-105_proj_desc.html

FY 2017 Budget Rollout

NASA Armstrong Flight Research CenterFebruary 9, 2016Guests arrive at Edwards Air Force Base West Gate.

DISPLAYS AT NASANASA SOCIAL GUESTS WERE TREATED TO THE DISPLAYS

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-048-DFRC.html

Aircraft Statistics•Designation: NF-15B, originally TF-15A•Manufacturer: McDonnell Douglas, 1972-73•USAF Registration: 71-0290•NASA registration: tail number 837•NASA role: Integrated controls/propulsion research/research testbed•Maximum altitude: 60,000 ft•Max. speed: Mach 2.0•Engines: Two Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229•Max. thrust: 29,000 each in full afterburner•Weight: 47,000 lb takeoff; 35,000 lb empty•Wingspan: 42.8 ft•Length: 63.7 ft, excluding flight test nose boom•Horizontal tail span: 28.2 ft•Canard span: 25.6 ft

Watched these takeoff at Kadena Air Base In Okinawa Japan in the 80’s

SR-71 https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/multimedia/imagegallery/SR-71/EC95-43075-2.html

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ACTE a modified G-3

IKHANA on the tour of Hangar 4802 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihAlsdZgtZE

ACTE http://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/research/ACTE/index.html

KINGAIR http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/219396main_KingAir_fact_sheet.pdf

Global Hawkhttp://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/aircraft/GlobalHawk/index.html

Electric Propulsion Research

Electric Propulsion Research http://www.nasa.gov/aero/testing-electric-propulsion.html