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1 posted on 07/29/2005 6:39:55 PM PDT by SandRat
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Americans will find a new way of doing a job.


2 posted on 07/29/2005 6:40:39 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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Is this lighting system being retrofitted into the existing C-5 cockpits (a waste of money), or is it being incorporated into the AMP program.

Here's some info about the C-5 AMP program from the GlobalSecurity.org website.



C-5 modernization
encompasses both the Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) and the separate Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program (RERP) denoted C-5 AMP/RERP. The full modernization effort incorporates a "glass cockpit" with digital avionics, a new aircraft propulsion system, and reliability improvements. Modified commercial engines, nacelles, thrust reversers, and pylons will be integrated into the legacy C-5 airframe. The anticipated performance improvements are intended to optimize cargo carrying capabilities, to include fully loaded take-offs and landings on relatively short runways, and to meet the performance requirements of the Global Air Traffic Management initiative. Additionally, the re-engining is intended to provide significant reliability, maintainability, and availability improvements. A commercial engine support concept (including two levels of maintenance and warranties) will be integrated into the C-5 logistics support system infrastructure. Candidate subsystems for reliability enhancement include the flight control, hydraulics, environmental control, electrical, and fuel systems. Specific upgrades and the extent of the expected reliability improvement will be identified from a series of trade studies.

3 posted on 07/29/2005 6:53:28 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
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And they have been flying the C-5s for how many years now?


4 posted on 07/29/2005 7:07:55 PM PDT by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker!)
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ANViL...


6 posted on 07/29/2005 7:17:00 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (Mighty and enduring? They are but toys of the moment to be overturned by the flicking of a finger.)
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I don't get it. How does the new system prevent wash-out?


8 posted on 07/29/2005 8:42:09 PM PDT by Dan Evans
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