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Airbus A380-861
MSN 004 [Engine Alliance testbed]
F-WWDD 'VNO'
Airbus S.A.S.
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Pure luck I heard this gem coming, even more so that I was able to videotape it as it flew past my home Later, numerous searches to find out whose aircraft it is... especially since there are no legible markings. This beautiful CV-580 was first delivered to United Airlines in 1952. It has been a flying testbed for Honeywell, and previously Allied Signal, since 1992.
"Honeywell Aviation Services Convair CV-580... This aircraft was originally acquired by Allied Signal and flew as N580AS. Delivered as a 340-41 and converted to the 580 series, it is one of the oldest Convair 243/340/440/580 series aircraft flying -- it has the serial number of two (2). "
Honeywell’s Convair 580: Testing Tomorrow’s Tech in Yesterday’s Plane | Airchive
airchive.com/blog/2014/05/23/honeywells-convair-580-testi...
RAF COSFORD JUNE 1989
Built as a research testbed aircraft in response to the proposed building of a prototype for the eventual English Electric Lightning.It has a detachable rear fuselage with an alternative version having a T-tail.The only one built is still here in Shropshire.
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Airbus A380-861
MSN 004 [Engine Alliance testbed]
F-WWDD 'VNO'
Airbus S.A.S.
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Grumman F-14A Tomcat testbed on display outside the Aviation Survival Training Centre, NAS Patuxent River, MD.
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The XK120 was launched in open two-seater or (US) roadster form at the 1948 London Motor Show as a testbed and show car for the new Jaguar XK engine. The display car was the first prototype, chassis number 670001. It looked almost identical to the production cars except that the straight outer pillars of its windscreen would be curved on the production version. The roadster caused a sensation, which persuaded Jaguar founder and design boss William Lyons to put it into production.
Beginning in 1948, the first 242 cars wore wood-framed open 2-seater bodies with aluminium panels. Production switched to the 1cwt or 112 lb (51 kg) heavier all-steel in early 1950. The "120" in the name referred to the aluminium car's 120 mph (193 km/h) top speed (faster with the windscreen removed), which made it the world's fastest production car at the time of its launch. In 1949 the first production roadster, chassis number 670003, was delivered to Clark Gable.
The XK120 was ultimately available in two open versions, first as an open 2-seater described in the US market as the roadster (and designated OTS, for open two-seater, in America), then also as a drophead coupé (DHC) from 1953; and also as a closed, or fixed head coupé (FHC) from 1951.
A smaller-engined version 2-litres, 4 cylinders, intended for the UK market was cancelled prior to production.
On 30 May 1949, on the empty Ostend-Jabbeke motorway in Belgium, a prototype XK120 timed by the officials of the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium achieved an average of runs in opposing directions of 132.6 mph with the windscreen replaced by just one small aeroscreen and a catalogued alternative top gear ratio, and 135 mph with a passenger-side tonneau cover in place. In 1950 and 1951, at a banked oval track in France, XK120 roadsters averaged over 100 mph for 24 hours and over 130 mph for an hour, and in 1952 a fixed-head coupé took numerous world records for speed and distance when it averaged 100 mph for a week.
The Motor magazine road-tested an XK120 roadster in November 1949. This pre-production car, chassis number 670001, road-registered as HKV 455, was the first prototype built. It was also the 1948 London Motor Show display model, and had been driven by Prince Bira in the 1949 Silverstone Production Car Race. When tested, it had the 8:1 compression ratio, was fitted with an undertray, and ran with hood and sidescreens in place. The magazine reported a top speed of 124.6 mph (200.5 km/h), acceleration from 0–60 mph (97 km/h) in 10.0 seconds and fuel consumption of 19.8 miles per imperial gallon (14.3 L/100 km; 16.5 mpg-US). The car as tested cost £1263 including taxes.
Airbus A380-861
MSN 004 [Engine Alliance testbed]
F-WWDD 'VNO'
Airbus S.A.S.
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www.boeing.com/news/releases/1999/news_release_990311n.htm
N757A Boeing 757 converted to flying F-22 Lightning avionics testbed. Boeing Field, Washington State. Spotted April 13, 2013.
Thanks for the clarification, reddit!
Kinda did this on a whim really. If anything it was a nice testbed for end-result recordings as I exported this from vegas in near enough the same quality as it was originally encoded. Yippee!
Anyway. Seen leaving Norwich at 14:03, we pass an EMT Class 156 405, which is, from what I gather, a rarity to see around here because the routes EMT run from Norwich are to Nottingham, Manchester and Liverpool, which are usually served by 158's. If I'm not mistaken, that particular train would have formed the 14:53 service to Ely. Maybe it being a Sunday played a part.
After the 156 we have a DRS Class 37 305 stabled in a siding. Not sure what it's there for.
Passing Crown Point Depot where DVT's and Mk3 carriages can be seen, before going over the ever-loud rail bridge across the River Wensum, before passing under the A146.
2nd clip is the 170 I was on departing Thetford. Feel sorry for the guy who missed it by seconds!
This video goes out to @365LANCE (assuming the tags work idk)
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems - North American NA-265-40A Sabreliner - N160W (c/n 282-101)
This Northrop Grumman (NG) Sabreliner landed approximately 20 minutes before NG's Sabreliner testbed (N168W), equipped with an F-16 nose and radome equipped with the Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) (an AESA upgrade for AN/APG-66 and AN/APG-68 radar equipped F-16s), landed at BWI. Of particular interest with N160W in this case is the pod (possibly a Lüneburg lens?) mounted below the aircraft centerline. Earlier photos on the web as recent as 2007 do not show N160W with the pod. Presumably this pod, and flight, is related to tests of SABR. Though not certain, this pod also seemingly prohibits the use of N160W's belly mounted speed brake, as it appears the Sabreliner speed brake's cutout would not clear the pod if deployed.
Would like to know more about this bird.
NASA's Super Guppy performing touch and go's at Ellington Field in the background of the Morpheus Hot Fire.
Location:
Vertical Testbed Flight Complex
Johnson Space Center
Photographer: Kris Kehe
Also known as the Flying Pulpit, this, one of three proof-of-concept machines, first flew around 1980. Power was from one modified Williams F107 turbofan called the WR-19-A7D, rated at 600 lb thrust. It could hover or fly in any direction at speeds of up to 60 mph. Endurance was 45 minutes.
Jeremy Hart setting up the Flight Termination System
Location: NASA Johnson Space Center Vertical Testbed Flight Complex Photographer: Kris Kehe
Airbus A380-841
MSN 001
F-WWOW '001 GD' [Prototype/Rolls-Royce Trent testbed]
Airbus S.A.S.
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At AMARC in 1987 but broken up some years later, this aircraft had been used as a testbed for the P&W JT-9A engine fitted to the first Boeing 747s.
Since it first entered the NASA inventory in 1974, NASA 515 has been a testbed for research into a multitude of issues affecting aircraft safety, efficiency and capacity. Called an "airborne trailblazer,"it goes beyond the typical research facility in that it demonstrates new concepts in real-world situations. For example, government and industry decision makers could observe - first-hand - research pilots using innovations in computer-generated display formats content while interacting with air traffic control it in a busy terminal area. Other observers experienced flying through potentially hazardous windshells to prove that advance-warning devices really can give pilots precious extra seconds to avoid hazardous weather.
As a result, this flying laboratory and its supporting facilities have been responsible for rapid adoption of new aviation technology by U.S. industry.
NASA 515 is the first B-737 built. First used by Boeing to qualify the 737 for airline service, the prototype 737 has since been heavily modified by NASA. It has two separate cockpits - a conventional B-737 forward cockpit providing operational support and safety backup, and an operational research flight deck positioned behind in what was the aircraft's first-class cabin section.
This national facility is maintained and flown by NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., as part of the center's Terminal Area Productivity (TAP) program.
Gulfstream's G800 prototype/testbed diverted into MSP today on account of poor weather at CID; sadly the large probe up front has been removed, but was interesting to see a couple of window plugs with some sort of equipment installed.
N800G (SAV-MSP) Feb 12, 2025
A testbed shot for the Lime branded example seven minutes behind, I had to slightly adjust where I was stood as I hadn't realised it was a parking space for the vets!! It turned out quite well even if the Sun decided to go in, so thought it'd get a mention too...
430 heads down Coppice Road with the first afternoon 58X to Nottingham via Arnold, Daybrook and Sherwood.
SANDIA COMPUTER SCIENTIST RON MINNICH IS SEEN WITH A SANDIA TESTBED CLUSTER KNOWN AS TALON, CONSISTING OF THE SAME SERVERS THAT COMPRISE THE 4,480-NODE THUNDERBIRD CLUSTER IN ALBUQUERQUE.
In running more than a million Linux kernels as virtual machines, Minnich and his colleagues ran one kernel in each of 250 virtual machines and coupled those with the 4,480 physical machines on Thunderbird.
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Airbus conducting flight-testing of the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G geared turbofan demonstrator engine on its A340-600 flying testbed in Toulouse. Seen here taxiing to perform a rejected take off RTO.
Airbus A380-861
MSN 004 [Engine Alliance testbed]
F-WWDD 'VNO'
Airbus S.A.S.
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Arriva London Ltd.:
DW411 was retrofitted with a new driveline, as a testbed for what would become the Wrightbus StreetDeck. The original 6-cyl Cummins ISBe engine was replaced with the Mercedes-Benz (Daimler) OM934. The vehicle caught fire shortly after arrival to the London fleet in 2011, so instead of being written off, she was given a new lease of life, and a slightly different identity!
VDLbus DB300 (Daimler) /
Wrightbus Gemini 2DL (10.5m)
H41/24D - 2011
Rockwood Road, Stamford Hill
Saturday 1st August 2015
Project: Tiny TIM (Threats-In-Motion)
Location: NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed / National Weather Center (Norman, OK)
Date: Feb 28, 2023
Photographer: James Murnan / NOAA NSSL
This experiment brings together NWS forecasters and researchers to evaluate and provide feedback on the concept of allowing warnings to be extended in time and area, a first step towards Threats-In-Motion (TIM) for severe weather warnings for hail, wind, and tornadoes. To facilitate this evaluation, forecasters use Hazard Services Convective to create and manage TIM warnings. The concept and software is tested on several archived cases.
Volvo BZL
East Bank Road, Sheffield
My real reason for visiting East Bank Road in Sheffield...the 51 route for decades, as mentioned earlier, has been a testbed for a multitude of vehicle types being considered for purchase by several generations of what is now First South Yorkshire (and before that Mainline, SYT, SYPTE and Sheffield Corporation). It has been said by many that if a vehicle can withstand the punishing hills along the 51 route between Charnock and Lodge Moor, then it can withstand anything!
One of three electric demonstrators currently on loan to First South Yorkshire on 1st March 2025 is LF73DXZ, currently numbered 39602 in the national numbering sequence and originally with London General as a demonstrator numbered MVB1 until the end of 2024. Staggeringly the traffic disappeared completely when it came into view, and it is seen powering out of Sheffield as it makes light work of the gruelling hill climb up East Bank Road with a Charnock-bound 51 service.
Grumman F-14A Tomcat testbed on display outside the Aviation Survival Training Centre, NAS Patuxent River, MD.
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The C111 was a series of experimental automobiles produced by Mercedes-Benz in the 1960s and 1970s. The company was experimenting with new engine technologies, including Wankel engines, Diesel engines, and turbochargers, and used the basic C111 platform as a testbed. Other experimental features included gullwing doors and a luxurious interior with leather trim and air conditioning.
The first version of the C111 was completed in 1969. It used a fiberglass body shell and had a three-rotor direct fuel injected Wankel engine mounted in the middle. The next C111 appeared in 1970. It used a four-rotor engine producing 370 hp (275 kW). The car could reportedly hit 290 km/h (180 mph).
The company decided not to adopt the Wankel engine and turned to Diesel experiments for the third C111. With its 230 horsepower (170 kW)@ 4,400-4,600 5-speed manual straight-5 turbo-Diesel, the C111 broke nine diesel and gas speed records. With more aerodynamic bodywork that gave it an air drag coefficient of an incredible .191, the C111 eventually hit 200 mph (322 km/h) at Nardò in 1978, and averaged 14.7mpg@ 316 km/h (195.4 mph) over a 12 hour cruise. A later 500 hp (372 kW) 4.8 L twin KKK-turbocharged V8 version set another record, with an average lap-speed of 403.78 km/h (250.958 mph). It was achieved by Dr. Hans Leibold in 1 minute, 56.67 seconds on May 5, 1979.
Mercedes-Benz introduced the C112 at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1991 as a production sports car. It used a 6.0 L V12 engine mounted in the middle. But after accepting 700 deposits, the company decided not to proceed with production.
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...parked at stand A19 on the J.L. LAGARDÈRE production flight line.
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The GOES-R ProbSevere and lightning jump products as demonstrated during the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) 2015 spring experiment. This spring, NOAA satellite experts and weather forecasters had the opportunity to work together at the HWT in Norman, Oklahoma, to evaluate new science, technology and products that will be available from the GOES-R satellite for improving short-range hazardous weather forecasts and warning decision-making.
From May 4 to June 12 (during the height of severe weather season), National Weather Service forecasters, TV broadcast meteorologists, and researchers worked side-by-side to evaluate new products and tools and participated in experimental forecast and warning generation exercises. This approach allows for a two-way path between research and operations and prepares weather forecasters to use the new capabilities that will be available from NOAA’s next generation of geostationary weather satellites, the GOES-R series.
In conjunction with the HWT spring experiment, NOAA’s GOES-14 spare satellite was brought out of storage in its central orbit and operated in super rapid scan operations mode. This demonstration provided special one-minute imagery of severe storms that simulates the capabilities that will be available with the GOES-R series satellites.
Image credit: GOES-R HWT Blog
Feature story: www.nesdis.noaa.gov/news_archives/hazardous_weather_testb...
GOES-R HWT blog: goesrhwt.blogspot.com/
GOES-14 SRSOR: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/srsor2015/GOES-14_SRSOR.html
Engineer Henning Lohse-Busch prepares the Modular Automotive Technology Testbed (MATT) for testing in Argonne's new Electric Powertrain and Renewable Fuels (EPRF) Laboratory.
Photo by George Joch / Courtesy Argonne National Laboratory.