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6th Swiss Parabolic Flight Campaign: A new flight platform increases flexibility in research
The 6th Swiss Parabolic Flight Campaign took place at the Air Base Dübendorf from 3 to 14 October 2022. It …
4th/5th Swiss Parabolic Flight Campaign: World’s first parabolic flight campaign under SARS-CoV-2 pandemic conditions
On June 11, 2020, the 4th Swiss Parabolic Flight Campaign launched from Air Base Dübendorf under strict pandemic restrictions. It …
DROPS FROM A HELICOPTER FOR TESTING AN AUTONOMOUS PARACHUTE LANDING SYSTEM OF A SOUNDING ROCKET
SkyLab is supporting helicopter drop tests for the student’s project PHOENIX and PICCARD from the ARIS initiative. The ARIS initiative …
FINAL RESULTS FROM TRILATERAL SKYLAB-DLR-EMPA-PROJECT «PILOT ASSISTANCE SYSTEM LNAS-CDA»
Dübendorf (CH) and Braunschweig (DE), June 22, 2020 – During more than 90 approaches to Zurich Airport conducted under the …
New Research Project: Dynamic Configuration Adjustment in the TMA (DYNCAT)
Enabling Environmentally Friendly Approach Profiles through Novel Pilot Support Functions DYNCAT aims at enabling more environmentally friendly and more predictable …
First aircraft in Europe equipped with real-time turbulence measurements
Turbulence is the prime cause of injuries to passengers and cabin staff in non-fatal aviation accidents, according to the Federal …
Low Noise Augmentation System (LNAS) – Continuous Descent Operation
Trilateral project: Skylab – EMPA – DLR, subsidized by FOCA, Art. 87b BV and Canton of Zurich Project budget: 1.4 …
Turbulence recording on airliners and interpretation for improved forecasts
Project: Skylab, subsidized by FOCA, Art. 87b BV Project budget: 230’000 CHF This project aims at implementing automated methods on …
UZH – NASA/JPL AVIRIS-NG research flights – Europe Campaign 2018
Project: University of Zurich, NASA/JPL The University of Zurich (UZH) organized a scientific airborne imaging flight campaign in Europe in …
The Third Swiss Parabolic Flight
First UZH Space Hub Research Flight Campaign This year the newly opened Innovation Park Zurich repurposed old hangars on …
