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Media Invited to California Briefing, Tour Highlighting Alternative
Jet Fuel Research
Media representatives interested in participating in the ACCESS II project update and NASA Armstrong tour should confirm their plans to attend by contacting Peter Merlin at the NASA Armstrong Public Affairs Office no later than 3 p.m. PDT Thursday, April 24, at 661-276-2679, or email peter.w.merlin@nasa.gov.
HAMPTON, Va., April 17, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An HU-25C jet
from NASA's Langley Research Center will be in California next month
as part of a flight test to assess biofuel and other jet fuel
alternatives. News media representatives are invited to attend a
behind-the-scenes tour of that test on Tuesday, May 20, at the NASA
Armstrong Flight Research Center's hangar in Palmdale and visit the
center's main campus at Edwards Air Force Base.
A morning briefing will focus on the Alternative Fuel Effects on
Contrails and Cruise Emissions (ACCESS II) flight experiment in
Palmdale, followed by a tour of the NASA Armstrong at Edwards in the
afternoon. Participants should plan to meet at the center's Palmdale
Visitor Control Center at 7:15 a.m. PDT.
The event will give journalists and social media users an opportunity
to learn more about scientific research being conducted on the effects
of alternate fuels, including synthetic and biofuel formulations, on
engine performance, emissions and aircraft-generated contrails at
altitudes typically flown by commercial airliners. In addition to a
full briefing of the experiment, participants will also have a chance
to ask questions of aircraft crew, pilots and scientists involved in
the research process.
The ACCESS II experiment will include aircraft and scientific
contributions from Armstrong and NASA's Glenn and Langley research
centers, as well as international partner agencies, including the
German Aerospace Center and the National Research Council of Canada.
At 11:30 a.m., participants will depart Palmdale for NASA Armstrong's
Edwards campus. Activities will resume at 1 p.m. with a tour that will
include:
-- Hangars housing various science, test, and unmanned aircraft
-- A look at current aeronautics technology research and testing
-- A tour of the model shop where scale concepts are developed
-- A tour of the Experimental Fabrication Machine Shop
-- Q&A with NASA research pilots
-- An interactive flight suit demonstration
For more information about the ACCESS II project, visit:
NASA Langley news releases are available automatically by sending an
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/CONTACT: Kathy Barnstorff, Langley Research Center, 757-864-9886/cell 757-344-8511, kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov; Peter Merlin, Armstrong Flight Research Center, 661-276-2679, peter.w.merlin@nasa.gov; Karen Northon, Headquarters, Washington, 202-358-1540, Karen.m.northon@nasa.gov
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