Sep 20 2011
From The Space Library
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-193 NASA ADMINISTRATOR TO KICK OFF AVIATION FORUM
WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden is scheduled to open the "New Horizons in Aviation Forum" at 12:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Virginia Beach, Va., Convention Center. The two-day conference about the future of aviation is sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the largest technical society dedicated to the global aerospace profession. Bolden will discuss NASA's new launch system that will take astronauts far into deep space and create good-paying American jobs. The administrator also will highlight NASA's aeronautics research efforts to develop technologies to support the Next Generation Air Transportation System and make aircraft faster safer, quieter, more efficient and environmentally friendly. Other NASA presenters at the forum include Lesa Roe, director of NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., and Vicki Crisp, head of Langley's Aeronautics Research Directorate. During the forum, government and industry leaders will tackle aviation's challenges and opportunities, including those faced by commercial companies, air traffic managers and the military. Among those issues are the growth of unmanned systems, aviation traffic and new aircraft technologies. The forum also will feature representatives from the multi-agency federal Joint Planning and Development Office, which oversees the development of next generation air transportation systems.
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-200 NASA AND CAFE HOSTING GREEN FLIGHT CHALLENGE
WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation of Santa Rosa, Calif., will hold the 2011 Green Flight Challenge, sponsored by Google, at the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa from Sept. 25 to Oct. 1. The competition's goal is to advance technologies in fuel efficiency and reduced emissions with cleaner renewable fuels and electric aircraft. NASA's Centennial Challenges Program is providing $1.65 million in prize money to the winners of the competition. The purse is the largest aviation prize ever offered and attracted 13 teams, led by American innovators. Five of those teams successfully completed their aircraft and flight qualification requirements and will compete for the prize purse. The teams will fly their electric, biofueled and hybrid powered aircraft, to prove they have the most fuel efficient, small aircraft in the world. To win the competition, an aircraft must fly 200 miles in less than two hours and use less than one gallon of fuel per occupant, or the equivalent in electricity. If more than one aircraft meets the criteria, first place will go to the team with the best combination of speed and efficiency. The fuel efficiency competition is on Tuesday, Sept. 27, and a speed competition on Sept. 29. Aircraft will be on public display at the airport following the competition on Oct. 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. PDT. An awards ceremony and the Green Flight Challenge Exposition hosted by NASA will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 3, at the agency's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif. The CAFE Foundation advances the understanding of personal aircraft through technology research, flight testing, analysis and education. CAFE has developed award-winning flight test equipment and software recognized across the aviation industry.
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