Transcript of Hearing 12/12/97 - TWA Flight 800 Investigation

128412345buying the C-130 J. It is going to be in the C-130 J,a brand new system.Going back to the other question on the F-15,the earlier versions of the F-15 use the polyester foamthat Bob referred to earlier, which did have a6hydrolytic stability issue.It has since been switched7over to polyether,and that degradation issue has89pretty well gone away.MR. STREETER:Okay, so it really is a10product type of situation that you have to deal with?11MR. LAUZZE:Yes, sir.12131415MR. STREETER: Okay. Again, for either Mr.Lauzze or Mr. Tyson, the discussions on OBIGS. You hadsome schematics up there that I felt gave a fairly goodbreak-down of how the system worked, but it doesn’t16give me–– never having worked with one of those, it1718doesn’t give me a reference as far as weight or size.Is this a large -- physically large system,19or heavy,or what does it entail in the aircraft?20WITNESS TYSON:It really depends on how you21interface it to the airplane.I can give you -- and I222324am going to be drawing deep into my memory for some ofthis .I can give you some numbers for tactical25airplanes.If I am remembering correctly, a retrofitCAPITAL HILL REPORTING, INC.(202) 466-9500