Learjet Test Update

Brenda Henderson; Lennart Hultgren; Devin Boyle

NASA NTRS · 20220014899

Learjet Test Update

Brenda Henderson·Lennart Hultgren·Devin Boyle

Abstract

An update on the Learjet acoustic flight test was presented. The intent of the effort was to acquire flight data for the development of flight corrections to scale-model data. The flights were completed on September 8, 2022. Weather measurements were acquired with a combination of an instrumented drone and a ground based LiDAR system. Acquisition of comparative scale-model data will be completed on October 7, 2022.

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Brenda Henderson, Lennart Hultgren, Devin Boyle. Learjet Test Update. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20220014899

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