Helicopters today are considered a loud, bumpy and inefficient mode for day-to-day domestic travel, but NASA research could change that view.
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The Quest: A Silent, Carbonless Airplane
It's a simple goal, really. A silent airplane that sends no carbon into the atmosphere.
Alternative Jet Fuels Put to the Test
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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Aviation Experts Hear From Eyewitness to Disaster
Dennis Fitch will never forget the safety lessons he learned one tragic day in July 1989.
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Study Investigates Mental Overload in Pilots
Advanced technology could help pilots when they are operating under dangerous levels of stress, fatigue and distraction.
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It Began Because He Was Crazy About Airplanes
On a Saturday in late May in 1958, Roy Harris graduated from Georgia Tech. A Saturday later, he got married. Two Saturdays after that, he and his new bride rented a small trailer, loaded it and drove to Langley. He left the center 40 years later, 10 years ago.
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NASA and Gulfstream Flying in High Def
NASA is partnering with Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. on a project that could aid visibility for pilots of future supersonic business jets.
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Marking 61 Years of Supersonic Curiosity
Sixty-one years after a sonic boom first rolled across the roof of the high desert in southern California, there are still things yet to be discovered about supersonic flight.
News Releases
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NASA Awards Rotorcraft Technology Development Contract
02.25.09 - NASA has selected three companies to receive a subsonic rotary wing technology development contract valued at $40 million.
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NASA Seeks Technologies For Testing During Reduced Gravity Flights
01.29.09 - NASA is looking for new technologies that have potential use in future agency projects.
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Lancets Flights Probe Supersonic Shockwaves
01.22.09 - NASA is concluding a series of flight tests to measure shock waves generated by an F-15 jet.
 "Test instrumentation is set up behind the inboard engines of NASA’s DC-8.")
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