Posted on 05/04/2007 10:51:10 AM PDT by Hal1950
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Phyre Technologies, Inc., a San Diego based technology development company successfully demonstrated its GOBIGGS(tm) fuel tank safety system at the FAA's Atlantic City Technology Center. GOBIGGS(tm) (Green On-Board Inert Gas Generation System), is the first environmentally friendly system designed to protect aircraft from fuel tank explosions like TWA 800. This is the result of several years' development in the anticipation of a pending FAA ruling, requiring improved fuel tank safety systems on commercial passenger aircraft.
Over two weeks, various flight conditions were tested. This included ground operations, multiple rate accents, descents, and high altitude cruising in a variety of warm and cold fuel tank conditions. Throughout all phases of operations, the gases in the fuel tank were maintained outside of the flammability envelope, protecting the aircraft fuel tank from internal explosive conditions.
CEO Stuart Robertson stated, "We are immensely proud of the test results. The performance of the device exceeded even our expectations. The successes of the last two weeks, in conjunction with our recent agreements with Rolls-Royce North American Technology Inc, give us the ability to take the technology to the next level."
In addition, the technology is "green". Unlike existing fuel inerting technology that exhausts fuel vapor into the environment, Phyre's GOBIGGS(tm) system uses a state of the art catalyst design that converts the fuel vapor into an inert gas that is recycled back into the fuel tank.
Phyre Technologies, Inc. is a closely held San Diego company, specializing in de-oxygenation, thermal stability, and fire prevention technologies, for stationary, mobile, air, and maritime industries.
There are way too many areas of knowledge where FR for some reason gets all of its information from WingNutDaily.
Next they need to address the problems of fairies and gremlins taking down aircraft.
Or the "Tomahawk" missile that Jack "I'm a blithering idiot and raving loon" Cashill claimed his sooper-dooper-secret Navy source said hit TWA 800.
One was in Thailand, other was in the Philippines. Easy to google up. Being overseas neither got much publicity in the US.
At least twice. In 1990 a Philippines Air 737 and a Thai Air 737 both had explosions in their center wing fuel tank, fortunately while on the ground.
That could have done it, maybe the 747 hit a wave crest instead, if it was that low.
Yes it's too bad everyone doesn't get their information from official Clinton Administration sources.
Can you believe these kooks can't accept the CIA theory of an airplane with it's nose blown off accelerating and climbing in level flight? What a bunch of crackpots, I tell you.
[snerk!]
Yeah, that was a real winner. I'm not sure the Navy could get a Tomahawk to hit an airplane in flight even if they WANTED to.
Hadn’t heard that before. That’s good to know.
Can you provide a link?
More TWA 800 propaganda...
Or release the video shot from the outdoor patio of that restaurant.
“system uses a state of the art catalyst design that converts the fuel vapor into an inert gas that is recycled back into the fuel tank.”
Hillbillies would use a heated exhaust converter and turn it into pollution (CO2).
I think they found it and fixed it (sort of).
spineless, yes - like most libs, they don’t want to acknowledge that there is a threat, because if they did, they’d be expected to DO something about it.
Better to come up with fake crises like global warming, racism, and “wealth disparity”.
A little digression from the thread - this reminds me of one of my favorite Looney Tunes episodes from the WW2 era: 'Falling Hare'.
Gremlin (hitting the nose of a bomb with a sledgehammer): 'Blockbuster bombs don't go off unless hit them jussssst right'
Bugs Bunny: 'Oh yeah?'
G: 'Yeah.'
BB (pondering for a moment): 'Hey Mac ... let me take a whack at it'
(Bugs then takes the sledgehammer, slides the Gremlin away with his foot. He then winds up to give the bomb a good ol' slam with the sledge, then ...)
BB: 'WHAT AM I DOIN'????'
Or, admit as evidence the testimonies of 150 eye witnesses and around half mention orange streaks originating from the ocean surface traveling upward, and then the fire balls.
The best way to prevent TWA 800-type explosions is to kill Muslim extremists and deprive them of anti-aircraft missiles.
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