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NASA: PARTICIPATES IN FIRST "AIRSHOW CANADA"
A sleek, 80-foot-long mockup of the U.S. National Aero-Space
Plane will be the centerpiece of NASA's pavilion at the first
Airshow Canada, scheduled for August 9-13 in Abbotsford, British
Columbia. The exhibit highlights America's past, present and
future achievements in aeronautics and space technology,
emphasizing the pivotal role played by NASA throughout this
history.
The National Aero-Space Plane mockup will be surrounded by
educational displays that explain the program's purpose and
goals. Visitors will learn about the technology necessary to
design and develop a vehicle capable of taking off and landing
from airport runways, accelerating into Earth orbit and cruising
at sustained hypersonic speeds (up to Mach 12).
In an adjacent exhibit area, a large "video wall" will
present short programs on NASA's latest aeronautical research
projects including the forward-swept-wing X-29 aircraft, the
revolutionary XV-15 tilt-rotor and supercomputer-based
aerodynamic studies.
In addition, the display will feature a "Tools For Testing"
theme profiling NASA's wind tunnel research and the Numerical
Aerodynamic Simulation (NAS) facility. On a separate monitor,
visitors can view the colorful dancing swirls of a computational
fluid dynamics simulation in motion.
Other panels of the display will illustrate several of
NASA's Earth and space missions, including a detailed mural of
Space Station Freedom in orbit. The rear of the exhibit will
contain another large-screen monitor featuring an Apollo 11
commemorative program and other NASA videos.
In conjunction with its aerospace trade show and flying
exhibitions, Airshow Canada is sponsoring a symposium entitled
"Looking to 2020," which will examine the future air transport
environment, the uses of space and the world of the airport.
Louis J. Williams, NASA's Assistant Director for Aeronautics
(General Aviation and Transport Aircraft) is scheduled to deliver
a paper on technology challenges for future high-speed civil
transports. Samuel Morello, Assistant Chief of the Flight
Management Division at NASA's Langley Research Center, also is
slated to describe the aircraft flight deck of the future.
Airshow Canada is an expansion of the Abbotsford
International Airshow held annually for 27 years. Organizers
expect more than 300,000 visitors to tour exhibits from 17
nations during the week-long exposition.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
NASA representatives will be at Airshow Canada to supply
general information about the National Aero-Space Plane and other
NASA aeronautics and space programs. Specific information can be
requested from NASA Headquarters Public Affairs at 202/453-8900
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