Flightline: 12/TBD

"user314" (user314) 07/24/2020 at 11:00 • Filed to: flightline, Planelopnik, planelopnik history, nasa

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NASA Dryden’s lineup, some time in the 1980s

A wide range of aircraft lined up at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center (now the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ), some time in the Eighties.

Located at !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , Armstrong FRC was established in 1946 as the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (NACA) Muroc Flight Test Unit, but was renamed the NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station in 1949, the NACA High-Speed Flight Station in 1954, NASA High-Speed Flight Station four years later, the NASA Flight Research station in 1959, and was renamed in 1976 in honor of !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , former Deputy Administrator of NASA, which remained the name until 2014.

AFRC has operated !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! groundbreaking aircraft over the decades, including the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , which became the first aircraft to exceed Mach 2 in 1953, NASA’s ER-2, a specially adapted U-2, the amazing !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , and the legendary High and Mighty One and Balls Eight, two specially modified B-52s which dropped all manner of research aircraft over 40 years.

One of the most dramatic tests carried out by AFRC was the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (AKA “The Crash in the Desert”).

Originally !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! by the FAA, the aircraft involved was a Boeing 720, modified to be remotely flown and deliberately crashed into the dry lake to test a new kerosene blend formulated to not aero solize in case of a crash. T he AMK additive failed, but the test resulted in many recommendations on things ranging from crew workload and FDR sampling to the flammability of airliner seat cushions.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > user314 07/24/2020 at 11:06

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I did design work at Edwards! In their wastewater treatment and disposal system. Basically if the evaporation ponds overflow they get the dry lake bed wet and that means the space shuttle can’t land there because it becomes muddy!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > user314 07/24/2020 at 11:14

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Are you trying to put Ttyymmnn out of work?

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/24/2020 at 11:18

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Shitty excuse  not to land

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/24/2020 at 11:22

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I see our work as complementary. More #Planelopnik is always better. I warned him, though, that his posts are going to get longer and longer and before he knows it  he’ll be writing 8,000 words a week.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 07/24/2020 at 11:23

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He does good work, as do you.

Also, please see my reply to this comment .

just-a-scratch > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/24/2020 at 11:33

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What sort of wastewater were they putting into evaporation ponds, sanitary ( primary effluent?), so mething more industrial?

ttyymmnn > user314 07/24/2020 at 11:43

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What’s that F-111 doing in there?

user314 > ttyymmnn 07/24/2020 at 14:05

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NASA had six Aardvarks between ‘67 and ‘90, some of them testing improvements for operational F-111s, others testing exotic tech like TACT, which replaced the original wings with supercritical units under development by Boeing, and AFTI, which swapped out the supercritical wings for MAWs. There was another F-111E used to develop electronic throttle controls

ttyymmnn > user314 07/24/2020 at 14:35

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That sounds like a really fun place to work.

Thanks. 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > just-a-scratch 07/24/2020 at 15:13

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Secondary treated effluent from the sanitary sewer system. It still has TDS but all the solids have been removed. If you saw it in a tank it would probably be a deep green color, but it has no odor or solids beyond say 5 -20 mg/l. Turbidity would be in the 5-10 range.