Maritime flight trials of the Southampton University laser sintered aircraft – Project Albatross

• Published in: The Aeronautical Journal
• Main Authors: Keane, Andrew, Scanlan, James, Lock, Andrew, Ferraro, Mario, Spillane, Paul, Breen, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Antarctic; Protector; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/411713/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/411713/1/Albatross_final.pdf

As part of the ongoing development of small unmanned air systems by the University of Southampton, an all laser sintered aircraft has been test flown from the Royal Navy's ice patrol ship HMS Protector to assist with navigating through the Antarctic. These flights were carried out with pre-plan...