ATR42
The ATR42 takes off from Avignon during the SAFMED experiment in 2014
Falcon 20
Safire Falcon 20 is taking off from Toulouse airport to Australia for the HAIC-HIWC mission in 2014
Piper Aztec PA 23
this aircraft is highly adapted for missions at low altitude with a light payload
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The Cabin of the ATR42 can welcome up to 9 scientists and 2 tons of instruments
the French facility for airborne research
Flying laboratories for scientific research
SAFIRE is the French leading facility for airborne research based in Toulouse, France. We operate three state-of-art flying laboratories: a low-level Piper Aztec, a mid-tropospheric ATR 42 and a Falcon 20 jet. Our team at SAFIRE has unique expertise supporting environmental and climate science missions, satellite validation as well as R&D in aeronautics. Our public research facility is a research infrastructure of the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), the French meteorological service (Météo-France) and the French space agency (CNES). The expertise of the SAFIRE staff provides technological excellence in airborne equipment for flight missions adapted for academic and industrial research.
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SAFIRE experience since 2006
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