An Etihad Airways 787-10 Dreamliner decked out with special equipment that can enhance safety and reduce CO2 emissions and noise has commenced flight testing this week for Boeingka papahana ecoDemonstrator.
E hōʻiliʻili kekahi mau huakaʻi i ka ʻike kikoʻī loa a hiki i kēia lā e pili ana i nā acoustics mokulele mai kahi 1,200 microphones i hoʻopili ʻia ma waho o ka 787 a hoʻonoho ʻia ma ka honua. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana ma waena o NASA a me Boeing e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hiki ke wānana leo leo o ka mokulele, e holomua i nā ala no nā pailaka e hōʻemi i ka walaʻau, a e hoʻomaopopo i nā hoʻolālā mokulele mālie e hiki mai ana.
"Ma NASA, ua noiʻi mākou i nā kumu leo mokulele pākahi, kā lākou pilina me ka lewa a pehea lākou e hui ai i ka leo holoʻokoʻa mokulele," wahi a Kauka Russell Thomas. "ʻO kēia hoʻokolohua lele kūʻokoʻa, hoʻolālā maikaʻi ʻia e hāʻawi i ke kaiapuni kahi e ana ʻia ai kēia mau hopena āpau, ʻo ia ke kī i ka holomua ʻana i kā mākou hiki ke hoʻolālā i nā mokulele haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mohammad Al Bulooki, ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Etihad Aviation Group: "Ke komo nei ʻo Etihad i ka papahana ecoDemonstrator o kēia makahiki i kūkulu ʻia ma luna o kā mākou ʻano hana hou a me ka hoʻomau ʻana i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka noiʻi a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana o kā mākou mau hoa hana e lawe mai i nā mea hou mai ka hale hana i kahi hoʻāʻo honua maoli. kaiapuni.
"Ma ke koho ʻana e komo i kēia papahana, haʻaheo mākou e hana pū me nā mea like me Boeing, NASA, a me Safran e hoʻāʻo i nā ʻenehana ʻokiʻoki a ʻimi i nā manawa "blue sky" e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka pono o ka ea, hoʻemi i ka hoʻohana wahie, haʻahaʻa i ka leo no ka kaiāulu a ʻoki i nā hoʻokuʻu CO2.
"Ke hoʻomau nei ka hoʻomau ʻana i mea nui no Etihad ʻoiai ʻo ka pilikia Covid19 i kēia manawa a ʻo kēia wale nō ka hana a mākou i hana ai mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi e hoʻomau i kā mākou huakaʻi no ka mokulele hoʻomau. E like me ka manaʻo o Etihad, ʻaʻole pono ka hoʻomau ʻana o ke kaiapuni i kahi koho a i ʻole nā hana kūpono e mālama ʻia inā ʻaʻole kūpono i nā pilikia ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hoʻopiʻi kaiāulu e pili ana i ka walaʻau mokulele mai nā mokulele e hoʻokokoke ana i nā mokulele, e like me nā helu ʻoihana. Ma kahi o hoʻokahi hapahā o ka walaʻau i hana ʻia e ka pae pae. E ho'āʻo ana kekahi papahana ʻē aʻe i nā mea pae ʻāina i hoʻololi ʻia e ʻoi aku ka mālie e Safran Landing Systems.
"ʻO kā mākou hui pū ʻana me NASA a me Safran ke kī nui i ka hoʻolalelale ʻana i ka hana hou a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻoihana ecoDemonstrator e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka huakaʻi ea," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ecoDemonstrator Program Chief Engineer Rae Lutters. "Makemake mākou e ʻike i ke ola o ka hoʻolālā ʻana i hoʻokahi makahiki i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai mākou e hoʻāʻo."
Ke mālama ʻia nei ʻelua mau mokulele i ka manawa e kaʻana like ai nā pailaka, nā mea hoʻokele ea, a me kahi kikowaena hana o kahi mokulele i ka ʻike kikohoʻe a hoʻohana i kahi ʻōnaehana NASA i kapa ʻia ʻo tailored arrival management. Hoʻonui kēia mau mea hana i ka palekana ma o ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hana a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka lekiō, e hoʻopaʻa i ka pono o ke alahele e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wahie, hoʻokuʻu a me ka walaʻau, a kākoʻo i ka FAA's Next Generation Air Transportation System.
Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka Boeing's Confident Travel Initiative e hoʻoponopono i ka COVID-19, e hoʻāʻo ʻia kahi kukui uila ultraviolet paʻa e hoʻoholo ai i kona pono i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā papa mokulele a me nā kaʻa.
Ke lele ʻia nei nā huakaʻi hoʻāʻo a pau i ka hui ʻana a hiki i ka 50% wahie hoʻomau, ʻo ia hoʻi nā puke nui loa o 50% blend biofuel i hana ʻia ma ke kālepa. ʻO ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka lele ma ka hale o Boeing ma Glasgow, Mont., Manaʻo ʻia e hala ma kahi o 10 mau lā ma mua o ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o ka mokulele i Etihad i ka hopena o Kepakemapa.
ʻO kēia ka papahana hou loa ma lalo o ka hui ʻoihana alakaʻi alakaʻi o Etihad me Boeing, e kālele ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā hoʻonā honua maoli i nā pilikia hoʻomau koʻikoʻi e kū nei i ka ʻoihana mokulele.
ʻO kēia ka manawa mua e hoʻohana ai ka papahana ecoDemonstrator i kahi Boeing 787-10 mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka lele ma 2012.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- "Ma ke koho ʻana e komo i kēia papahana, haʻaheo mākou e hana pū me nā mea like me Boeing, NASA, a me Safran e hoʻāʻo i nā ʻenehana ʻokiʻoki a ʻimi i nā manawa "blue sky" e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka pono o ka ea, hoʻemi i ka hoʻohana wahie, haʻahaʻa i ka leo no ka kaiāulu a ʻoki i nā hoʻokuʻu CO2.
- “Etihad participating in this year's ecoDemonstrator program builds on our core innovation and sustainability tenets while supporting the research and development of our partners to bring innovation from the laboratory to a real-world testing environment.
- “Sustainability remains a priority for Etihad in spite of the current Covid19 crisis and this is just one initiative we've taken since the start of the pandemic to continue our drive for sustainable aviation.
