by Eleanor Dixon | Jun 13, 2025 | Missions
Scientists are taking to the skies in June to study how emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from aircraft affect the Earth’s climate. Researchers from the National Centre of Atmospheric Science and the University of Cambridge are taking the FAAM Airborne Laboratory’s...
by Eleanor Dixon | May 15, 2025 | FAAM, Missions
Scientists are looking at how pollutants from aircraft could be reduced by using sustainable aviation fuel. Teams from the FAAM Airborne Laboratory, universities, research centres and aerospace companies are working together on a “chase” experiment, the first of its...
by Eleanor Dixon | Apr 30, 2025 | Mid-Life Upgrade
A cutting-edge new instrument for studying bioaerosols in the atmosphere, known as the Swisens Enhanced Poleno Jupiter, is joining the FAAM Airborne Laboratory through the Mid-Life Upgrade programme. The instrument will help scientists better understand tiny particles...
by Eleanor Dixon | Feb 7, 2025 | Mid-Life Upgrade
Upgraded aerosol inlets will revolutionise the way the FAAM aircraft samples aerosol particles from outside the aircraft as it flies and delivers them to the instruments inside. The project is led by Dr Paul I. Williams, National Centre for Atmospheric Science and...
by Eleanor Dixon | Jan 29, 2025 | FAAM
On 14 January 2025 the FAAM Airborne Laboratory’s atmospheric research aircraft reached a milestone of 10,000 hours of flying over the course of its lifetime. Our research aircraft in its first days as the BAe 146-100 demonstrator model, with its original livery. It...
