ATA team receives NASA award

Pictured left to right are Steven Lepley, machinist; Brad Besheres, machinist; Dr. Robert Howard, AAFEXII project lead engineer; Jennifer Harvey, technical specialist; Roy Carroll, instrumentation specialist; Bob Boswell, test support supervisor (accepting on behalf of the AEDC Model and Machine Shop), Larry Stanford, test support supervisor (accepting on behalf of the AEDC Model and Machine Shop); Danny Catalano, senior associate engineer; and Gary Storey, technology instrument technician. Recipients not pictured are Katie Stephens, engineer/scientist; Brad Winkleman, engineering specialist; and Becky Combs, engineering technician. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)

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The NASA Alternative Aviation Fuel Experiment-II (AAFEXII) AEDC team tested NASA’s DC-8 aircraft CFM-56 engines for emissions using a rake positioned behind the right inboard engine. (NASA/Tom Tschida)

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ATA team receives NASA award

Published March 12, 2013
By Raquel March
AEDC/PA

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. -- ATA team members recently received a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Group Achievement Award for their involvement in the second Alternative Aviation Fuel Experiment (AAFEXII) program.

The team supported the emissions measurements testing during NASA's alternative fuels tests using a DC-8 aircraft and GE CFM-56 engines at the Dryden facility in Palmdale, Calif. They were recognized for outstanding achievement in establishing the impact of hydro-treated renewable jet fuels on commercial aircraft engine performance and pollutant emissions.