"NASA is supporting the company's efforts in engineering, technology and testing, and giving advice when asked." "NASA is interested in further developing vertical flight technologies - from large transports to personal transportation systems," said Warmbrodt. "We have all been dreaming of such a vehicle for many years, and now the dream is becoming a reality," Millennium Jet, Inc. "We won't know if the two ducted fans, as now designed, can lift the pilot and vehicle off the ground until we do these tests." "Our researchers are working with engineers from Millennium Jet to test one of the air scooter's two fan assemblies in a wind tunnel to determine if they can overcome gravity and raise the vehicle from the ground," said engineer William Warmbrodt, head of the Aeromechanics Branch at NASA Ames. NASA Ames and Millennium Jet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, are working under a cooperative agreement during development of the company's SoloTrek XFVä (Exo-skeletor Flying Vehicle), a one-person air scooter that someday may fly commuters above traffic jams. 23 media day for reporters at NASA Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley. Testing of a flying air scooter's lift power will be the focus of an Oct. and 4 p.m.)ĪMES MEDIA DAY FEATURES AIR SCOOTER WIND TUNNEL TESTS Reporters will also be given a map with directions to Millennium Jet, Inc, Sunnyvale, so they can view the air scooter vehicle and interview Millennium Jet engineers (between 11 a.m. Foreign media representatives will require escort (advance notification recommended). media representatives must have valid picture ID in order to enter Ames. Related video footage is slated for satellite distribution and handout on betacam videotape please see further information at the end of this notice.
To reach Ames, take the Moffett Field exit from Highway 101, drive east to the main Ames gate, and report to the pass and identification office for maps and directions to Bldg. PDT, at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. NOTE TO EDITORS AND NEWS DIRECTORS: You are invited to cover a media day highlighting wind tunnel tests of the propulsion system of a one-person air scooter on Monday, Oct. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
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