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Pathfinder-Plus

The Pathfinder-Plus solar aircraft flies past NASA Dryden's space shuttle hangar and shuttle carrier aircraft as it descends for landing on Rogers Dry Lake.

 
Photo Number: EC05-0186-31
Photo Date: August 31, 2005
 
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Description:		 The Pathfinder-Plus solar aircraft flies past NASA Dryden's space shuttle hangar and shuttle carrier aircraft as it descends for landing on Rogers Dry Lake.
 
Project
Description:		 NASA and AeroVironment, Inc. joined forces again in 2004-05 to conduct a series of research flights by the solar-electric Pathfinder-Plus flying wing. The lightweight solar craft has been instrumented with a sophisticated atmospheric turbulence measurement system on seven long booms mounted across the leading edge of the wing. About three or four low-altitude flights over the edge of Rogers Dry Lake are intended to help engineers characterize the effects of turbulence on the aerodynamics of lightweight, flexible-structure aircraft.
 
NASA Photo by: Tom Tschida
 
Keywords: shuttle hangar, shuttle carrier aircraft, sensor booms, turbulence measurement flight, Pathfinder-Plus, solar-electric flying wing, Rogers Dry Lake, Dryden Flight Research Center
 
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