Date: 20th July 2026
Location: Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2PH

Detailed Description

Hypersonic Flight Experiment Lecture Day, hosted as part of the UK Hypersonics Doctoral Training Network (UKHDTN).
A series of lectures will be delivered by world-leading experts in hypersonic flight testing and sounding rocket experiments. The sessions will provide attendees with insight into recent hypersonic flight missions, experimental methodologies, and advances in flight-test campaigns, covering both historical landmark programmes and current developments in the field.

Flight test 1 | Reconstructing the Hyshot flights. Dr Terry Cain, Gas Dynamics Ltd
Flight test 2 | Atmospheric entry capsules experiments. Prof Alexandre Martin, KRUPS
Flight test 3 | A Sounding Rockets in Hypersonic Research. Frank Scheuerpflug, DLR

The event is open to academics, industry professionals, and government laboratory colleagues interested in flight testing methodologies and current developments in the field. It will bring together world-leading experts to provide attendees with both theoretical background and practical insight into hypersonic testing methodologies through lectures, discussions, and hands-on experimental activities.