by Eleanor Dixon | Nov 21, 2023 | FAAM, Mid-Life Upgrade
Engineers and scientists have been looking at how the air conditioning systems function on board the FAAM Airborne Laboratory’s research aircraft. Large aircraft cabins need an appropriate Environmental Control System (ECS) to manage specific temperature,...
by Eleanor Dixon | Nov 20, 2023 | FAAM, Mid-Life Upgrade
Throughout October and November, the FAAM Airborne Laboratory’s research aircraft is undergoing an extensive inspection, known as a C Check. The C Check happens every two years and involves removing, inspecting, and replacing all of the aircraft’s components,...
by Eleanor Dixon | Sep 8, 2023 | FAAM, Mid-Life Upgrade
The FAAM Airborne Laboratory now has the capability to share live weather data as it flies, directly to the Met Office for use in weather forecasting. Our research aircraft collects an abundance of environmental data and carries enough instrumentation to measure up to...
by Eleanor Dixon | Aug 2, 2023 | Mid-Life Upgrade
The FAAM Airborne Laboratory commissioned BAE Systems, as part of the research aircraft facility’s Mid-Life Upgrade programme, to complete a Computational Fluid Dynamics analysis project. The project provides the facility with a visualisation of the research...
by Eleanor Dixon | Jun 16, 2023 | Missions
Scientists from the National Centre for Atmospheric Science and University of Manchester have made the first observations of gas-phase urea in the atmosphere, using the FAAM Airborne Laboratory’s research aircraft. The new research, published in Proceedings of the...
