1. An apparatus for measuring the film cooling effect generated by a film cooling feature that extends from a cavity within a structure to an outer surface of this structure, the apparatus comprising: an infrared measurement machine; an airflow test machine; a component holding fixture, common to both the infrared measurement and airflow test machines; a data acquisition system, common to both the infrared measurement and airflow test machines; a programmable control, common to both the infrared measurement and airflow test machines; a measurement data storage system, common to both the infrared measurement and airflow test machines.