This article first appeared in the January 1986 Flight Test News. MARIETTA, Ga., Dec. 17 — An aircraft sensor system capable of detecting wind shear during flight is being evaluated in tests at Texas A&M University and will be tested

This article first appeared in the January 1986 Flight Test News. LYNN, Massachusetts — When the French Rafale Experimental Prototype Aircraft was recently unveiled at the Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Aviation’s St. Cloud development facilities, its engines were a pair of

This article first appeared in the January 1986 Flight Test News. EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — United Technologies’ Pratt & Whitney PW2000 series engine has been selected by United Parcel Service (UPS) to power up to 35 Boeing 757 cargo planes

This article first appeared in the January 1986 Flight Test News. DALLAS — For the Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia’s seventh flight into space, it will be wearing a one-of-a-kind experimental nose cap, developed and built by the Vought Missiles and

This article first appeared in the January 1986 Flight Test News. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 8, 1986 — In view of the December 3, 1985 suspension against General Dynamics making it ineligible to receive awards of further government contracts, General

This article first appeared in the January 1986 Flight Test News. Thanks to the generosity of the Boeing Company, the SFTE National Headquarters has a video tape entitled, “Flight Test, Evolution and Revolution.” The tape is VHS format, 30 minutes

This article first appeared in the January 1986 Flight Test News. Rockwell International’s North American Aircraft Operations has just received a $400,000 NASA contract for the design of a pivoting wing for a supersonic aircraft. Like the B-1B swing-wing, the

This article first appeared in the January 1986 Flight Test News. SFTE Briefing Slides have been updated and one set of 18 slides (35mm) has been sent to each chapter. These slides can be used at meetings, luncheons, technical presentations,

This article first appeared in the January 1986 Flight Test News. Welcome New Members Long Island ChapterLouis R. DiFrancisco Robert W. Levesque Steve PiedraPeter D. Cullen Barbara J. Evans Charles B. Famera Peter J. Fournier William A. Heverly Antelope Valley