COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Collection
Record
Title:
This NASA Dryden F/A-18 is participating in the Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) project. F/A-18 (No. 847) is acting as an in-flight refueling tanker in the study.
Photo Description:
NASA Dryden's Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) project is evaluating the capability of an F/A-18A aircraft as an in-flight refueling tanker with the objective of developing analytical models for an automated aerial refueling system for unmanned air vehicles. The F/A-18 "tanker" aircraft (No. 847) is undergoing flight test envelope expansion with an aerodynamic pod containing air-refueling equipment carried beneath the fuselage. The second aircraft (No. 843) is flying as the receiver aircraft during the study to assess the free-stream hose and drogue dynamics on the F/A-18A.
Photo Date:
December 19, 2002
NASA Photo by:
Lori Losey
facet_where:
Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
facet_when:
December 19, 2002
facet_when_year:
2002
Photo Number:
EC02-0294-2
UID:
SPD-DRYDEN-EC02-0294-2
