[MilCom] [NAMAR] E-8C with New Engines

[AllanStern at aol.com]

"Don Jay" djay at nc.rr.com hofn8485 posted:
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>     Date: Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:05  am ((PST))
>
> JSTARS Flies with New Engines: The E-8C JSTARS test bed  aircraft
> flew for the first time with the production-standard Pratt  & Whitney
> turbofans that Northrop Grumman has proposed retrofitting  across
> the Air Force's entire JSTARS ground-surveillance fleet. .  . 
 
 
I heard that flight, which emanated from the  nearby JSTARS facility here 
in Florida.  The new engines are noticably  louder than the previous engines. 
This was also noticed by other people in my  vicinity.  

AL STERN  Satellite Beach  FL
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