European Facility For Airborne Research

The French national research agency CNRS awarded SAFIRE, one of EUFAR operators, with a "Collective Crystal" medal as a national recognition of the merit and quality of the teamwork, commitment and motivation of the EUFAR staff involved in airborne research for many years to successfully meet the various needs of scientific user communities.

The SAFIRE ...

Airborne research often involves large teams that may be both nationally-based and international. Any single flight represents part of an iceberg that consists of many layers of preparatory activities, many of which are not seen by the casual observer. These include:

• preparing the scientific justification and funding applications,
• helping the researchers to adapt their instruments ...