Boeing / Paul Weatherman
Sunset at Boeing’s research facility near Glasgow, Montana, where this 787-10 Dreamliner on loan from Etihad Airways served as the aircraft for the 2020 edition of Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator program. NASA flew a pair of research projects to gather data on aircraft noise and test an air traffic management digital data communications tool. Results from these flights, which took place during late August and early September, will help develop technology to enable future aircraft designs and flight operations that will be quieter, more fuel efficient, and result in fewer delays. NASA has collaborated with Boeing on its ecoDemonstrator program almost every year since 2014.
