FAA Tech Center Buys 747SP To Test Fuel Tank Inerting

FAA Technical Center is buying a United Boeing 747SP, which it will use to test ground-based and aircraft-based fuel tank inerting. The aircraft will arrive today at the Tech Center, which recently evaluated new technology it said could be used to generate nitrogen-enriched air to inert fuel tanks...

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