20 July 2011 The Falcon 20E DLR research aircraft The DLR Falcon
20E research aircraft was selected as the most appropriate
aircraft for measurement flights. The Falcon has a full range of
instruments to record flight dynamics and a nose boom that
records the local incidence angle at the front of the aircraft
in an undisturbed airflow. DLR (CC-BY 3.0). Above the clouds The
Falcon 20E in flight. The DLR research aircraft can carry up to
1100 kilograms of scientific instrumentation payload. The
instruments are installed inside and below the cabin, as well as
under the wings. They include a flow measuring device, the nose
boom, air intakes and under-wing pods. Among other things, they
include a flow measuring device, the so-called nose boom and
antennas which can be mounted on the exterior of the aircraft.
Measurement flight of the Falcon over the Eyjafjallajökull
volcano on 1 May 2010 On 1 May 2010, the Falcon took off at
13:00 CEST for another measurement flight over Iceland and its
plume of volcanic ash. Desp