Deborah Jackson, Al Bowers and Abbigail Waddell successfully launch the subscale Prandtl-D 3C glider.
Student Developed Aircraft System Provides Vital Data
Al Bowers attaches a bungee cord to the Prandtl-d, as Kassidy McLaughlin prepares to release and launch the aircraft.
Could This Become the First Mars Airplane?
Al Bowers explains the Prandtl experimental aircraft and how its wing twist could redefine the efficiency of aircraft.
NASA Armstrong Supported 2018 Los Angeles County Air Show
The WHAATRR team from NASA Armstrong includes, from left, Derek Abramson Dave Berger, John Bodylski, Robert “Red” Jensen, Scott Wiley, Al Bowers, Justin Hall, Luke Bard, Hussein Nasr and Samantha Ingersoll.
Subscale Glider Could Assist in Weather Studies, Prediction
Al Bowers, center, and a group of student interns hook up a bungee cord for a flight of the Prandtl-D 3C subscale glider aircraft.
Bowers Inspires Students to be Their Best
The subscale Prandtl-D 3C glider, carrying a pressure system developed and integrated by students, successfully flies at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Student Developed Aircraft System Provides Vital Data
Abbigail Waddell and Nathaniel Boisjolie-Gair test a pressure system they and other students developed for the subscale Prandtl-D 3C glider.
Student Developed Aircraft System Provides Vital Data
Deborah Jackson integrates a pressure system she and other students developed for the subscale Prandtl-D 3C glider.
Student Developed Aircraft System Provides Vital Data
Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Lower Drag, or Prandtl-D1, will be displayed in an upcoming Innovations Gallery at the National Air and Space Museum, the Smithsonian Institute. The aircraft, which flew from NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California, uses a method of aircraft design that introduces a twist that results in a more efficient wing. From left are Robert "Red" Jensen, Logan Shaw, Christian Gelzer, Justin Hall, Al Bowers, Oscar Murillo, Brian Eslinger and Derek Abramson
Prandtl-D Goes to Smithsonian