Tue, Feb 08, 2011
Organizers Hope To Reveal Technologies That Will Launch "A New
Age Of Flight"
On April 29-30, 2011, representatives from NASA, industry and
academia will present the technologies necessary to inaugurate the
Age of Electric Flight. The 5th Annual CAFE Electric Aircraft
Symposium (EAS V) will reveal how safe, emission-free, 2-4 seat
electric aircraft could soon make a doorstep to doorstep round trip
from San Francisco to Los Angeles on a single battery charge at
nearly twice the overall trip speed of airline travel. The latest
breakthroughs in energy storage, motors, quiet propulsion, powered
lift, electronic pilot assistance, autonomous flight and
aerodynamics will be presented along with proposals for how they
can transform transportation.
EAS V will again network its faculty with the attendees,
including venture capitalists, leaders of the aircraft industry,
government researchers and aviation enthusiasts in the highly
successful evening Theme Dinners during the symposium. As a special
event, EAS V will debut the awesome array of experimental new
electric aircraft that will compete 9 weeks later in the 2011 NASA
Aeronautics Prize, the CAFE Green Flight Challenge (July 10-17 at
Santa Rosa Airport). Keynote presentations on Energetics by NASA's
Chief Scientist, Dr. Dennis Bushnell and on the latest in Climate
Change by Lawrence Livermore Lab's leading climate scientist, Dr.
Ben Santer headline the meeting. Expert panelists will lead forums
on the topics of Goldschmied Propulsion, ESTOL, Ultra-Quiet Props
and NextGen Flight Deck Design.
EAS V is planned as a follow-on to NASA's Aviation Unleashed
Conference held last year. Of particular note in the predictions
published from that conference was that, "Aviation will be key to
globalization and societal integration and understanding.
Significant increases in autonomy will enable new vehicles and
missions, and passenger-carrying unpiloted vehicles will be
accepted . . . Intra-city transportation to avoid
ground congestion will become possible. Enablers to these roles
include autonomy and energetics; electric or other propulsion for
some aircraft."
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