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...
by Harriett Richardson | Mar 28, 2023 | FAAM, Mid-Life Upgrade
The FAAM Airborne Laboratory has invested in an electric-powered ground power unit and aircraft tug, in a significant move towards reducing carbon emissions from the research facility’s operation. The FAAM Airborne Laboratory’s research aircraft, a specially adapted...
by Harriett Richardson | Mar 21, 2023 | FAAM
The FAAM Airborne Laboratory, which operates a specially adapted BAE-146 aircraft* fitted with scientific instruments, has used a blend of sustainable aviation fuel for the first time this week on a routine crew training flight in the south of England. ...
by Nathan Betts | Oct 14, 2022 | FAAM, Missions
Researchers have embarked on a flight campaign over the Labrador Sea to study how clouds form and develop in cold air. The four-week campaign will deploy the FAAM Airborne Laboratory to look specifically at mixed phase clouds – clouds that contain a mixture of...
