Engineer preps item for testing at AEDC National Full-scale Aerodynamics Complex abarrer3 · October 12, 2016 · ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, TENN. – Image 161011-F-0000U-001: AEDC instrumentation engineer Dan Pruyn works on the Tiltrotor Test Rig in preparation for a test in the 40-foot by-80-foot wind tunnel at the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex, the AEDC wind tunnel testing site located in California. The test of the TTR is a project sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. TTR is a horizontal axis rig and rotates on the test section turntable to face the rotor into the wind at high speed, or fly edge-wise at low speed (100 knots), or at any angle in between. It is designed to accommodate a variety of rotors. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jeffrey Johnson)
Technical Advisory Board visits AEDC abarrer3 · September 13, 2016 · ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, TENN. — Dr. Doug Garrard, AEDC senior staff engineer, explains testing operations in the Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit at the Complex to members of the National Aerospace Solutions, LLC Technical Advisory Board Sept. 9, 2016. APTU is a blow-down, true temperature and pressure test facility designed for testing the performance, operability and durability of supersonic and hypersonic missile scale flight system hardware including propulsion systems and materials. The NAS TAB members toured several test facilities with the AEDC Test Operations and Sustainment contractor. Pictured left to right is Dr. Wesley Harris, with Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dr. Krishan Ahuja, with Georgia Institute of Technology; Garrard; Dr. Woodrow Whitlow, NAS technical director; Dr. Edward White, Texas A&M University; and Doug Pearson, NAS deputy general manager. (U.S. Air Force photo/Holly Peterson)
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