Story by Deidre R Moon | Arnold Engineering Development Complex | 08.23.2021
The same nine vendors who visited Arnold Air Force Base as part of the Propulsion Instrumentation Working Group, or PIWG, meetings last fall recently returned. This time, instead of simply viewing an engine installed in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Sea Level Test Cell 1 and making plans to test, they put SL-1’s capabilities to use by performing validation of new sensors and......
Story by Pfc. Kevin Crist | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar | 09.12.2011
The immensity of the power as the F404 afterburning turbofan engine came to life was deafening. Vivid blue flames shot out from the exhaust into a long, black tunnel as a collateral duty inspector checked the engine for problems in the dimly lit test cell, which looks like a warehouse....