AIRCRAFT TECHNOLOGY
Updated 09/23/2005 00:28:46 -0700
Garrett AiResearch ATF3-6 "Advanced Three-spool Turbofan"
Three spools
Low IR signature - can't "see" up the tailpipe
Great loiter/low altitude SFC (as the US Coast Guard HU-25A derivation-- a number were based @ San Diego)
"Slave" engines for "Tacit Blue" B-2 prototype
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ATF3 Cold Start Testing - Gunnison (CO) and Grand Forks (ND): - 30° F |
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"No sir, I shall NOT!" - Grand Forks (ND) Airport |
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Falcon 20 TN N777PV - Garrett AiResearch, Phoenix (AZ) |
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TT @ Far Right |
First ATF3-powered Flight |
Hangar Negative |
Leak Check Exhaust Cone |
Dassault-Brequet HU-25A "Falcon"
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TFE1042-powered Taiwanese "Indigenous Defense Fighter" ("IDF") and indigenous ox cart - 1988 |
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