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Preps Continue for Launching Engine Icing Research
02.17.12 - NASA scientists are getting closer to launching a research campaign to solve the mystery of ice crystal engine icing.
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New Inlet Design Could Improve Engine Efficiency
12.27.11 - Channeled center body inlet could improve airflow and fuel efficiency of jet engines at a wide variety of speeds.
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Airplane Plus Heat Plus Ice Equals Mystery
08.17.11 - The mystery of high ice water content engine icing is propelling NASA into a multi-national effort to find the cause.
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Building a Better Plane
05.03.10 - NASA is working with the General Electric Co. to test new open rotor technology in a wind tunnel with a test rig designed and made at NASA's Glenn Research Center.
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EAA AirVenture: An Aviator's Dream World
07.27.09 - Aviation enthusiasts seek out certain destinations. For a week every summer a small airfield in central Wisconsin is an aviator's dream world.
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Alternative Jet Fuels Put to the Test
01.28.09 - NASA and 11 other research groups are testing two non-petroleum-based jet fuels in the pursuit of alternative fuels that can power commercial jets and address rising oil costs.
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Study Investigates Mental Overload in Pilots
11.26.08 - Advanced technology could help pilots when they are operating under dangerous levels of stress, fatigue and distraction.
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Military Aircraft to Perform Aviation Safety Research
02.08.08 - The U.S. Navy is decommissioning its fleet of S-3B Vikings, but one S-3B will continue flying in hostile conditions for NASA.
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Airplane Monitors Great Lakes Algae
08.28.07 - NASA and NOAA fly over the Great Lakes searching for harmful algae blooms.
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Look, But Don't Touch
11.30.04 - Cutting-edge methods help researchers to see complex airflows of aircraft engines without interfering with the results.
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Supersonic Inlet Tests
11.30.04 - Glenn completed testing on an new engine inlet to power aircraft at supersonic speeds.
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Measuring Emissions So That Future Aircraft Fly Cleaner
11.30.04 - A team of researchers conducted extensive tests to improve our understanding of particle emissions from commercial aircraft engines.