Tag: aircraft
Missouri S&T student gets first look at new Boeing aircraft
Missouri S&T aerospace engineering student Katie Frogge is one of the first members of the public to get an inside look at the cockpit of a new Boeing aircraft and to test its advanced training system.
Read More »Airplane built at S&T to fly in competition
On April 4-6, an unusually large number of aircraft will be buzzing through the skies above a field in Fort Worth, Texas, and some of them will undoubtedly crash.
Read More »Missouri S&T researchers developing aircraft emissions testing
Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have been awarded a $579,951 grant from the Naval Air War Center to study aviation emissions at the university’s Center of Excellence for Aerospace Particulate Emissions Research.
Read More »UMR team hopes to fly high in Texas
Members of the 2007 Advanced Aero Vehicle Group at the University of Missouri-Rolla are flying their remote-controlled aircraft in the Society of Automotive Engineers’ Aero Design Competition May 4-6 in Fort Worth, Texas.
Read More »UMR places second in heavy-lift aircraft event
A team of UMR students finished second in an international weight-lifting competition of radio-controlled airplanes held April 16-18 in Deland, Fla. The UMR team also received a trophy for lifting the most weight in the competition.
Read More »Lifting heavy, flying high
Weighing in at 35 pounds, the UMR Advanced Aero Vehicle Group’s radio-controlled aircraft is no lightweight when it comes to the Society of Automotive Engineers’ annual "heavy lift" competition. The plane lifted twice its weight in last year’s Aero Design East competition, giving the team its first-ever national championship last May.
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