NASA X: Environmentally Responsible Aviation - End of an ERA (Pt.1)

NASA X: Environmentally Responsible Aviation - End of an ERA (Pt.1) title card.

Documentary (2015)
Also known as: NASA X: End of an ERA - Part 1

Starring:
Jennifer Pulley (Host)
Dr. Ed Waggoner
Dawn Jegley
Dr. Fayette Collier

NASA's Environmentally Responsible Aviation Project is winding down. The final testing of some key projects will bring this successful program to a close. NASA X investigates leading edge wing coatings that may deter bug strikes. Plus, Boeing's PRSEUS composite box lands at Langley and gets put to the test.

Also from this series:
NASA X series

Boeing Volt

Boeing SUGAR (Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research) Volt.

"Aviation Week Eco Friendly Concept" Concept Aircraft

Boeing X-48B

Boeing 757-2B7

A Boeing 757-2B7 of US Airways taking off from San Diego International Airport (SAN/KSAN/SAN).

Boeing X-48C

Boeing X-48

Gulfstream III

Registration N804NA, c/n 344, built in 1982.

Reg. N804NA Gulfstream III of NASA.

Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner of Vietnam Airlines.

Lockheed Martin X-56

Boeing 777-312(ER)

Registration 9V-SWD, c/n 34569/600, built in 2006.

Reg. 9V-SWD Boeing 777-312(ER) of Singapore Airlines.

Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

Concept Aircraft

Deperdussin 1910 monoplane

Blériot XI

Douglas DC-4

Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Boeing 787 Dreamliner of United Airlines.

Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Boeing 787 Dreamliner of British Airways.

Boeing 787-9

Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Boeing 787 Dreamliner of ANA-All Nippon Airways.

Aero Spacelines 377SGT Super Guppy

Registration N941NA, c/n 004. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Reg. N941NA Aero Spacelines 377SGT Super Guppy of NASA.

RAeS RS-001 (Concept Aircraft)

Conceptual blended wing body airliner.

Boeing 757-222

Registration N757ET, c/n 24627/263, built in 1990, scrapped in September 2015. The third aircraft in the ecoDemonstrator Program, a 757-222 owned by Stifel's aircraft finance division, began flights (in the program) in March 2015. The aircraft was painted in the livery of the TUI Group, which collaborated on the program.