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Webinar: Instrument Upgrades and New Capabilities
Date: Tuesday 26 March 2024 Time: 2-3pm The FAAM Airborne Laboratory is undergoing transformational change. The Mid-Life Upgrade Programme will improve the aircraft’s atmospheric measurement capabilities through a number of instrument development projects. New...
Sustainable towing equipment for the FAAM Airborne Laboratory
The FAAM Airborne Laboratory now has an electric-powered 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 BAE-146 aircraft fitted with...
FAAM Airborne Laboratory supports new flyers with Research Runway scheme: Project AMCCA
Image credit: Dr Claire Ryder In 2023 the FAAM Airborne Laboratory launched a unique opportunity for environmental researchers to use the specially adapted research aircraft. Our scheme, called Research Runway, allows researchers at every stage of their career to...
FAAM Airborne Laboratory supports new flyers with Research Runway scheme: Project MEWS
The view from the window of the FAAM Airborne Laboratory atmospheric research aircraft during the MEWS campaign - image credit: Patryk Lakomiec In 2023 the FAAM Airborne Laboratory launched a unique opportunity for environmental researchers to use the specially...
Monitoring emissions from volcanic eruptions
This week’s Reykjanes eruption is not expected to produce much ash, and scientists advise that it is unlikely that there will be impacts on air travel this time around.But 13 years ago the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökul erupted, sending a plume of volcanic ash over...
Could new technology change the way we crew our research aircraft?
Working with the FAAM Airborne Laboratory, engineers are scoping out how airborne atmospheric science missions could be crewed in the future. Who flies on our research aircraft? Every time the FAAM Airborne Laboratory's research aircraft flies, its suite of scientific...
Find out how we are creating a virtual tour of our research aircraft
Ever wanted to explore a research aircraft? Find out how we are creating a virtual tour of our airborne laboratory. Why create a virtual tour of our atmospheric research aircraft? We want more people to be able to learn about and experience our world-leading...
Cutting-edge atmospheric chemistry on an airborne research platform
The FAAM Airborne Laboratory research aircraft is used to measure chemicals in the atmosphere. Through the Mid-Life Upgrade, a programme of work set to maximise performance and extend operation to 2040, we are boosting our aircraft’s atmospheric chemistry...
Event: FAAM Airborne Laboratory’s Future Capability
The National Centre for Atmospheric Science invites the environmental science community to a full-day forum focused on the future capabilities of our research aircraft facility, the FAAM Airborne Laboratory, at Cranfield University on Thursday 25 January...
Job Opportunity: FAAM Aviation Assurance Manager
Location: FAAM Airborne Laboratory, Cranfield, Milton KeynesSalary: £45,585 to £54,395 per annumContract length: OngoingContract type: Full TimeClosing date: Midnight on Tuesday 2 January 2024Interview date: Tuesday 16 January 2024...