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VX-20 integration testbed, fitted with a probe for NAVAIR's E-2 In-Flight Refueling (IFR) development program, working with an F-18E/F Tanker.
CTA Flxible bus 8499, a one-of-a-kind testbed from 1960, now part of CTA's heritage fleet. Seen here in operation in the Loop during the big 75th anniversary celebration 10/1/22. www.transitchicago.com/heritagefleet/
Gilroy (as he’s affectionately known as around the office), our resident IT guy has come up with a tutorial for using simple shift registers to expand the number of inputs available to an Arduino/Freeduino using only three I/O lines. Tutorial should be up in the next week.
For those of you wondering about the testbed and why it’s got two Freeduinos, it’s normally used as an I2C testbed for another project Gilroy’s working on.
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.
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 A380-841
MSN 001
F-WWOW '001 GD' [Prototype/Rolls-Royce Trent testbed]
Airbus S.A.S.
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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.
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.
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.
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
47704 'Dunedin' and 47284 on the testbeds at Crewe Works 3.4.85 (scanned print)
Copyright Kevin Whitehurst - no unauthorised use
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.
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.
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.
Here's a shot of the Marx generator test-bed (v2) firing.
There is a reflection of the big spark in a piece of plastic sheet which is there to prevent the output voltage from arcing down to the stage gaps. You can also see most (perhaps all, I haven't counted) of the 22 stage gaps firing.
The big spark is exactly 8 inches long, which (between needle points) equates to about 100kV or a bit more at this altitude. At sea level, it ought to be around 125kV.
I don't have a way to measure output voltage, rise time, or pulse length... yet.
photo by Chuck Luciano
Day 4 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 12; Morning Strategy Session:Evaluating, Piloting and Procuring: Urban Tech Solutions
Presenters:
MartÃn Anzellini
Director, Urban Projects, ProBogota
Uma Marques
Director, Virginia Smart Community Testbed
Gary Ng
Chief Executive Officer, viAct
Andrew Watkins
President & COO, Marketplace.city
Sam Markey
Ecosystem Director - Place Leadership, Connected Places Catapult
Reference shot.
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Boeing 747-400 "General Electric Testbed" N747GE
Fitted with the GE9X turbofan engine under the port wing.
History:
Manufacturer Serial Number (MSN): 26355
Line Number: 1024
Aircraft Type: Boeing 747-400
Age: 25.0 Years
Production Site: Everett (PAE)
Airframe Status: Active
1994: March, - To Japan Airlines as JA8910
2010: December, - To AerSale Inc. as N356AS
2010: December, - To General Electric, testbed. N356AS
2011: December, - To General Electric, testbed. N747GE
The SOAC Rapid Transit cars Nos. 1/2 on display at the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, ME.
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.
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.
Copyright © 2012 A380spotter. All rights reserved.
Airbus A380-861
MSN 004 [Engine Alliance testbed]
F-WWDD 'VNO'
Airbus S.A.S.
Copyright © 2012 A380spotter. All rights reserved.
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.
Having just come off the A3 saw this lurking at the side of the road - I can only assume its some sort of trials vehicle from the "Dennis" factory [ there I've said it - i know it's not Dennis ] at Slyfield
During the weeks of the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed Experiment, forecasters assess a new tool using rapidly-updating high-resolution gridded Probabilistic Hazard Information (PHI) as the basis for next-generation severe weather warnings. This experiment is part of a broad effort to revitalize the NWS watch/warning paradigm known as Forecasting a Continuum of Environmental Threats (FACETs). The major emphasis of the HWT PHI experiment is on initial testing of concepts related to human-computer interaction while generating short-fused high-impact Probabilistic Hazard Information for severe weather. The long-term goal of this effort is to move the refined concepts and methodologies that result from this experiment into Hazard Services, the next generation warning tool for the NWS, for further testing and evaluation in the HWT prior to operational deployment.
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.
LAX
Jan. 19, 2012
Being a testbed for radar and electronics means that visual changes can be found on the aircraft at any time. Besides the F-15 or F-18 nose used to test their EASA radar, it now sports a canoe under the forward fuselage for what looks like a side-looking radar or sensor pod, maybe for use on a current or future recon. aircraft.
Following the end of World War II, the United States began a program of studying supersonic flight, with the program being run in conjunction with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the US Navy, and the US Army Air Force (soon to become the US Air Force). While Bell Aircraft built the X-1 for supersonic flight, Douglas worked on the D-558 series with much the same purpose. The company began with the D-558-1 Skystreak, which was intended to study both jet propulsion and supersonic speeds; the X-1 broke the sound barrier first, and the Skystreak, while providing valuable research on near-supersonic speeds and handling, could only reach the very beginning of supersonic speed in a dive.
Douglas had intended to equip the D-558-1 with a mixed jet/rocket propulsion, but the fuselage was too narrow. As work began to rectify this problem, Douglas’ designers learned of wartime German research into swept wings for better handling at high speeds. The Skystreak was completely redesigned into the swept-wing, larger D-558-2 Skyrocket. To test the aircraft, the first of three D-558-2s was equipped with only a jet engine, and first flew in February 1948, with rocket propulsion to be added later.
The D-558-2 was intended to only research the effects of supersonic flight on control surfaces and how to counter any problems caused by high speed on manuverability. The D-558-2 reached Mach 1.88 and 74,000 feet in its first series of tests, flown by Douglas test pilot Bill Bridgeman; afterwards, most test flights were either undertaken by US Marine Corps test pilot Lieutenant Colonel Marion Carl (one of the highest-ranked Marine aces of World War II) or NACA’s chief test pilot, Scott Crossfield.
The test program was very successful, discovering many of the difficulties that future pilots would encounter in supersonic environments, and how aircraft designers could plan and rectify these problems. Some Skyrocket flights were flown with dummy drop tanks and bombs to test how ordnance would react at high speed; others had different wing additions, such as leading-edge extensions, slats, movable stabilizers and wing fences, to best learn the effects of supersonic airflow over wings. Only reluctantly did NACA allow the test pilots to try and set speed records, preferring to leave that to the X-1 program and the USAF, but eventually relented. Crossfield took the D-558-2 over Mach 2 on 20 November 1953, the first person to do so.
The D-558-2 program ended in August 1956, after over a thousand flights without a single accident. All three aircraft were preserved for museums, where they remain today.
Bureau Number 37975, with the civil registration N7914C, was the third and final Skyrocket built, and was built from the start with mixed jet/rocket propulsion. 37975 was used mostly to test stability and the ability to recover from the nose pitching up at supersonic speeds. The wing was modified several times with fences, slats, and leading edge extensions. Crossfield flew the aircraft, along with Bridgeman and Walter Jones. It was retired in 1955 and donated to Antelope Valley College, at Lancaster, California--not far from Edwards AFB, where the testing of the Skyrocket had taken place.
Though it could stand a coat of paint, 37975 is attractively displayed on the college grounds. We visited on a pleasant California evening in May 2021.
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.
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.
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.