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Project: Tiny TIM (Threats-In-Motion)
Location: NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed / National Weather Center (Norman, OK)
Date: Feb 14, 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.
Airbus A380-861
MSN 004 [Engine Alliance testbed]
F-WWDD 'VNO'
Airbus S.A.S.
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Airbus A380-861
MSN 004 [Engine Alliance testbed]
F-WWDD 'VNO'
Airbus S.A.S.
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Out of this world public domain images from NASA. All original images and many more can be found from the NASA Image Library
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The 1911 glider was the Wrights' first glider since their 1902 craft; the brothers built this airplane to test a new automatic stability system. After the tests, Orville and Wilbur abandoned the aircraft at Kitty Hawk. A Massachusetts financier, knowing a collectible when he saw one, attempted to restore the remains, but the aircraft was ruined. This replica, commemorating the 75th anniversary of Orv's flight was built with cloth from the same Boston mill that supplied the original.
Airbus A320-211
MSN 0001
F-WWBA [Prototype/Testbed]
Airbus S.A.S.
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Ford F-Series mounted airstairs used by General Electric to access thier Boeing 747-100 testbed aircraft in Victorville.
GOES-R / JPSS Convective Applications experiment of the Experimental Warning Program in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) at the National Weather Center in Norman, OK. The GOES-R / JPSS experiment will have two components: a) an evaluation of multiple CONUS GOES-R convective applications, including satellite imagery, derived products, and multispectral applications along with GLM lightning; and b) a real-time evaluation of the JPSS sounding product suite NUCAPS.
Built by Handley Page at their Cricklewood factory XP841 flew for first time on 17 August 1961.
Developed to test the low speed flight characteristics of delta wing designs, XP841 formed part of the British supersonic aircraft research programme, carried out in the 1950-60s and sponsored by the Ministry of Supply, that eventually produced the Concorde.
The HP.115 is now on display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum at RNAS Yeovilton as a part of their Concord exhibit.
Airbus A380-861
MSN 004 [Engine Alliance testbed]
F-WWDD 'VNO'
Airbus S.A.S.
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Armstrong Whittworth AW Meteor NF.11 (WD790). WD790 didn't actually serve as a night-fighter, but instead was used as a testbed for radar and other systems over a thirty year period for aircraft such as the Lightning, TSR2, Tornado and Vulcan. It was also used as a (non destructive) manned radar target for Bloodhound and Thunderbird missile trials. The aircraft was scrapped in 1984, but NEAM succeeded in saving the cockpit section for preservation. The AW Meteor is a development of the Gloster Meteor by which time Armstrong Whitworth had merged with the Gloster Aircraft Company.
MRMS HMT Hydro Experiment
The Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Hydrometeorology Testbed - Hydro (hereafter denoted as HMT-Hydro) experiment is a part of the United States Weather Research Program (USWRP) through the Hydrometeorology Testbed (HMT) that runs from 25 June to 20 July 2018. During the HMT-Hydro experiment, forecasters and hydrologists from the National Weather Service (NWS) will work with National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) research scientists to assess new technology and techniques to improve the prediction and warning of flash flooding. In particular, NWS participants will evaluate new probabilistic hydrologic modeling concepts and output within the Flooded Locations and Simulated Hydrographs (FLASH) system that could help convey the uncertainty of the flash flood threat. NWS participants will also evaluate high resolution precipitation forecasts from the NSSL Warn-on-Forecast (WoF) project and the addition of these forecasts into the FLASH system. Feedback from participants will allow NSSL research scientists to identify how these precipitation forecasts could influence the warning decision making process, including the potential for increased warning lead time. The HMT-Hydro experiment runs in conjunction with the Flash Flood and Intense Rainfall (FFaIR) experiment at the Weather Prediction Center (WPC) to collaborate on the short-term forecasting of flash flooding for both a national and regional scale.
Pima Air and Space Museum
The Boeing 747 began as a concept for a U.S. Air Force contract competition to design a heavy lift cargo aircraft. That contest was eventually won by the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, but Boeing’s failure to win that contract led it to develop one of the most iconic aircraft ever. The first 747 made its maiden flight in February 1969 and the type made its first commercial flight less than a year later. Since then the humpbacked shape of the 747 has become familiar to millions of travelers around the world. The “Jumbo Jet” is the first twin isle airliner and in some configurations could carry more than 500 passengers. This immense size allowed a much lower operating cost per seat and helped bring long distance air travel into the price range of vastly more people. Boeing has built more than 1,560 since 1969. As of 2018, only about 20 remain to be delivered. The era of the 747 as a passenger plane is coming to an end as it is replaced by more fuel-efficient twin-engine aircraft, but it will continue to be in use as a cargo plane for many years to come.
It was built by Boeing Aircraft Company at Everett, Washington and delivered to Pan American World Airways on March 21, 1970. It is the twenty-fifth 747 built. Following Pan Am’s practice of naming its aircraft, this airplane flew with the name “Clipper Star of the Union” until 1982 when it was renamed “Clipper Ocean Spray.” It remained with Pan Am until the bankruptcy of the airline in 1991. In March 1992 it was purchased by General Electric for use as an engine test bed. Since then the plane has flown more than 3,000 hours carrying various test engines for GE as they develop the engines that power many of the planes that are replacing the 747 in airline service. General Electric donated the aircraft to the Pima Air & Space Museum in November 2018.
Wingspan: 195 ft 8 in.
Length: 231 ft 4 in.
Height: 63 ft 5 in.
Weight: 735,000 lbs (loaded)
Maximum Speed: 595 MPH
Service Ceiling: 45,000 ft
Range: 6,000 miles
Engines: Four Pratt and Whitney JD9D-3 turbofans with 43,000 pounds of thrust each
Crew: 3 flight crew, 15 flight attendants, 374 to 490 passengers
Manufacturer: Boeing
Markings: General Electric Aviation, 2018
Designation: 747-121
Registration: N747GE
Serial Number: 19651
Douglas NTA-3B Skywarrior - N877RS (ex - BuNo 144867) (c/n 12113)
United States Air Force (Hawaii Air National Guard) - Convair F-102A Delta Dagger - USAF 55-3366 (c/n - ?)
United States Air Force - McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II - USAF 64-0792 (c/n 1105)
N441QX
Bombardier Dash 8-Q402
ZeroAvia
Built 2011
C/N 4348
Hydrogen electric propulsion testbed arrives from Great Falls MT, still with titles of former operator Alaska Horizon who flew it in special Alaska Nanooks colors (it was leased from them for the first month). It has since been cancelled to an anonymous trustee and has gone to Abbotsford and is now on the Conair ramp. Apparently it was never converted and never flew via hydrogen or anything else and it has been sold to Conair for conversion to a firebomber.
It was retired in Aug 2021 and ferried around Sault Saint Marie ON twice, Victorville CA, Portland OR and Centralia ON. Joined ZeroAvia based in Hollister CA, but flew out of Everett WA from Mar 2023.
Currently based out of Tucson International Airport, the "Spirit of Excellence," an engine testbed for Rolls-Royce, is one of, if not the only 747-200s still flying. It was delivered new to Cathay Pacific in April 1980 as VR-HIA.
Chordite Mark XVII keyboard testbed. 3D printed keyswitch holder, so I can make them sized to people's hands.
Out of this world public domain images from NASA. All original images and many more can be found from the NASA Image Library
Higher resolutions with no attribution required can be downloaded: www.rawpixel.com/board/418580/nasa
PictionID:43933393 - Catalog:16_005080 - Title:Dornier Do 17M testbed for Dornier Do 217 dive-brake Nowarra photo - Filename:16_005080.TIF - - - - - - - Image from the Ray Wagner Collection. Ray Wagner was Archivist at the San Diego Air and Space Museum for several years and is an author of several books on aviation --- ---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Boeing - House Demo
Scale 1-200 model
Boeing B757-200
Registration - Aircraft type - Configuration - Engines - Status:
N1789B (MSN 25495/599) - Boeing 757-23A - 2x PW PW2040
N1790P (MSN 26436/587) - Boeing 757-230 - 2x PW PW2040 - Stored at DME 2006
N1795B (MSN 29380/836) - Boeing 757-2Q8 - 2x PW PW2040
N3502P (MSN 25054/362) - Boeing 757-236 - 2x RR RB211-535E4
N3519M (MSN 26160/555) - Boeing 757-2Y0 - 2x RR RB211-535E4 - Stored
N368T (MSN 26375) - Boeing 757-2T4 - Not taken up - Not Built - Registered per FAA but aircraft (presumably) never built
N5573L (MSN 29591/852) - Boeing 757-223 - 2x RR RB211-535E4B - wfu and std at ROW Roswell Industrial Air Center (ROW / KROW) 28 Sep 2017
N6046P (MSN 29305/894) - Boeing 757-22L - 2x RR RB211-535E4 - Stored
N6066Z (MSN 30061/886) - Boeing 757-23P - 2x PW PW2037
N747BJ (MSN 22209/40) - Boeing 757-225 - 2x RR RB211-535E4
N757A (MSN 22212/1) - Boeing 757-200 - Testbed - 2x RR RB211-535C - 2x PW PW2037
N757ET (MSN 24627/263) - Boeing 757-222 - C24Y158 - 2x PW PW2040 - Broken up Sep 2015 at MWH - Scrapped
Flat black display stand - Original box - Old decals
Airline Color Scheme - Introduced 1995 ?
IATA: -
ICAO: BOE
Callsign: BOEING
Airline Full Name: The Boeing Company
Country: United States
Fleet Size: 27 Aircraft (+ 11 On Order/Planned)
Brand: CMD
Colors: Black - Blue - Red - Grey - White
Material: Synthetic
Condition: New
Dimensions (cm): Box: 5 x 8 x 31,7 / Model: 19,3 x 24 x 11,5
Weight (g): 124
The Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Hydrometeorology Testbed - Hydro (hereafter denoted as HMT-Hydro) experiment is a part of the United States Weather Research Program (USWRP) through the Hydrometeorology Testbed (HMT) that runs from 24 June to 19 July 2019. During the HMT-Hydro experiment, forecasters and hydrologists from the National Weather Service (NWS) will work with National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) research scientists to explore new technology and techniques to improve the prediction and warning of flash flooding. In particular, NWS participants will evaluate new probabilistic hydrologic modeling concepts and output within the Flooded Locations and Simulated Hydrographs (FLASH) system that could help convey the uncertainty of the flash flood threat. NWS participants will also evaluate high resolution precipitation forecasts from the NSSL Warn-on-Forecast (WoF) project and the addition of these forecasts into the FLASH system. Feedback from participants will allow NSSL research scientists to identify how these high spatio-temporal resolution precipitation forecasts could influence the warning decision making process, including the potential for increased warning lead time. Evaluations of the various probabilistic data sets will provide further understanding on the usability and effectiveness of these products, as well as guide future efforts of the Forecasting A Continuum of Environmental Threats (FACETs) project for flooding hazards. The HMT-Hydro experiment runs in conjunction with the Flash Flood and Intense Rainfall (FFaIR) experiment at the Weather Prediction Center (WPC) to collaborate on the short-term forecasting of flash flooding for both a national and regional scale.
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.
Metroline LT8 LTZ1008 (orig LT12HHT), Wright NBfL New Routemaster. This was the final pre-production vehicle and was subsequently re-engineered as a Euro-6 testbed
The Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Hydrometeorology Testbed - Hydro (hereafter denoted as HMT-Hydro) experiment is a part of the United States Weather Research Program (USWRP) through the Hydrometeorology Testbed (HMT) that runs from 24 June to 19 July 2019. During the HMT-Hydro experiment, forecasters and hydrologists from the National Weather Service (NWS) will work with National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) research scientists to explore new technology and techniques to improve the prediction and warning of flash flooding. In particular, NWS participants will evaluate new probabilistic hydrologic modeling concepts and output within the Flooded Locations and Simulated Hydrographs (FLASH) system that could help convey the uncertainty of the flash flood threat. NWS participants will also evaluate high resolution precipitation forecasts from the NSSL Warn-on-Forecast (WoF) project and the addition of these forecasts into the FLASH system. Feedback from participants will allow NSSL research scientists to identify how these high spatio-temporal resolution precipitation forecasts could influence the warning decision making process, including the potential for increased warning lead time. Evaluations of the various probabilistic data sets will provide further understanding on the usability and effectiveness of these products, as well as guide future efforts of the Forecasting A Continuum of Environmental Threats (FACETs) project for flooding hazards. The HMT-Hydro experiment runs in conjunction with the Flash Flood and Intense Rainfall (FFaIR) experiment at the Weather Prediction Center (WPC) to collaborate on the short-term forecasting of flash flooding for both a national and regional scale.
Airbus A380-861
MSN 004 [Engine Alliance testbed]
F-WWDD 'VNO'
Airbus S.A.S.
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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Jet Dragster
Engine: Pratt & Whitney J-60/JT12 producing 6,000 HP using Jet-A fuel
Fuel Consumption: 2 gal/sec
Speed: 0-100 in 1.3 sec, 0-290 in 5.5 sec
Paine Field 7/7/07 787 Roll out celebrations.
Rolls-Royce North America Boeing 747-267B - cn 21966
Today was the start of the offical roll out of the Boeing 787 with fly overs that included every Boeing jet model starting with the 707. Included was this Rolls-Royce owned 747 that is the test bed for the Trent 1000 787 engine as seen here.