ATI funds research enabling better passenger journeys

Posted on 15 May 2015 by The Manufacturer

The ATI has funded a £9m project that enables research improving aircraft design and even possibly the ways that plane journeys can be made smoother.

Turbulance’s effect on aircraft passengers may become a thing of the past, according to the Aircraft Research Association (ARA). Dougie Hunter, the chief executive of ARA explained: “We’ve used the funding to build a gust generating mechanism inside our large high speed wind tunnel to help us understand gusts of air and their impact on the…

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