May 06, 2014 – Ottawa, Ontario
NRC's CT-133 research jet takes to the sky for an emissions testing flight. The aircraft is equipped with an advanced NRC-developed high-acquisition rate air data system.
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has signed a collaborative agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to study the atmospheric effects of emissions from jet engines burning alternative fuels. With this cooperative work, NRC will take part in NASA's ACCESS II project, the Alternative Fuel Effects on Contrails and Cruise Emissions.
Beginning tomorrow, the ACCESS-II experiments will be staged from NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Testing will involve the deployment of NRC's CT-133 aircraft to Palmdale, California, to fly alongside aircrafts from NASA and the German Aerospace Center. The objective of the experiments is to obtain inflight airborne emission measurements and contrail characteristics from aircraft burning both conventional jet fuel and blended alternative fuels.
The collaboration on ACCESS-II will result in the collection of complementary and unique flight test data that will be shared and reported to the International Forum for Aviation Research. This important research will aid in the qualification and ready acceptance of the use of biofuels in aviation and open the door to future collaborations on alternative fuels tests.
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