Agenda for Dryden Flight Research Center

You are invited to spend the day at Dryden and Palmdale on Thursday October 21, 2004
7:45 AM. - 6:30 PM

US Citizens:
For access into Dryden and JPL a picture ID, current Drivers License (or State issued ID), or current passport must be shown. Please bring 2 copies (one for JPL and one for Dryden) of which ever form of identification you will use.

Non Citizens:
Bring your Identification card and either the green card, visa, or current passport along with a picture ID and Drivers License (Or state issued ID). Submit a copy to Irene Xavier by Sept. 2 (pdf form or fax), and if admitted, bring the original plus 2 copies.

7:45 AM    All buses depart for the 1.5 hour trip to Dryden.

9:30 AM Visitors Arrive at Dryden

Welcome Katrina Emery, Office of Academic Investments

NASA Dryden Center Director, Kevin Petersen
"NASA Aeronautics Overview, from concept to flight- the design process-to flight test."

Dryden Flight Research Center Video

10:00 AM Group Photo

10:15 Break into Groups for Tour
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4

Group 1
· 10:20 - 10:35 X-43 model (Paul Reukauf or Joel Sitz)
· 10:40 - 10:55 Pathfindfer-Plus (Robert Navarro)
· 11:00 - 11:20 UCAV (Gary Martin)
· 11:25 - 11:40 AAW (John Baca, James Mills)
· 11:45 - 12:10 747 SCA (quick overview and walk thru, no visit to cockpit due to time)

Group 2
· 10:20 - 10:35 Pathfindfer-Plus (Robert Navarro)
· 10:40 - 10:55 UCAV (Gary Martin)
· 11:00 - 11:20 AAW (John Baca, James Mills)
· 11:25 - 11:40 X-43 model (Paul Reukauf or Joel Sitz)
· 11:45 - 12:10 747 SCA (quick overview and walk thru, no visit to cockpit due to time)

Group 3
· 10:20 - 10:35 UCAV (Gary Martin)
· 10:40 - 10:55 AAW (John Baca, James Mills)
· 11:00 - 11:20 X-43 model (Paul Reukauf or Joel Sitz)
· 11:25 - 11:40 Pathfindfer-Plus (Robert Navarro)
· 11:45 - 12:10 747 SCA (quick overview and walk thru, no visit to cockpit due to time)

Group 4
· 10:20 - 10:35 AAW (John Baca, James Mills)
· 10:40 - 10:55 X-43 model (Paul Reukauf or Joel Sitz)
· 11:00 - 11:20 Pathfindfer-Plus (Robert Navarro)
· 11:25 - 11:40 UCAV (Gary Martin)
· 11:45 - 12:10 747 SCA (quick overview and walk thru, no visit to cockpit due to time)

12:15 PM Lunch

McCall Centennial Mural Video (Cam Martin)
F-15 (John Carter)

1:00 PM Meeting with Branch Managers/Engineers - Round Table Discussions

Overview of Projects
· X-43 / Hyper X (Aeronautics)

· High-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies

· Active Aeroelastic Wing

· Mission Manager talk about DC-8 and ER-2, CAMAX, other NASA volcano, hurricane, remote sensing (Earth Science)

2:00 PM Depart Dryden

2:45 PM Tour Plant 42

3:30 PM City of Palmdale Reception at the AERO Institute

3:30 PM - City of Palmdale Reception at the AERO Institute

Welcome Mayor James C. Ledford Jr., City of Palmdale
Other Dignitaries (Kim Shaw)

Ms. Susan Miller, Director
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center

AVC President (invited)
CSU-Bakersfield President (invited)
CSU-Fresno President (invited)
MSET Consortium President (invited)
Industry (invited)

Overview and Tour the AERO INSTITUTE Phil Smith, AERO Institute Operations Manager

5:30 - 6:45 Trip back to Sheraton in Pasadena