OBOGS

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OBOGSOn-Board Oxygen Generating System
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Caption: Ed Gassie, assistant program manager for engineering, left, observes as John Krohn, a Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) engineer, swabs the Environmental Control System supply line to the OBOGS concentrator inlet of a T-45 Goshawk in April to help determine the cause of physiological episodes.
Navy Leaders Describe Efforts to Resolve Physiological Episodes: At the 61st annual Tailhook Convention, U.S. Navy leaders and experts outlined the Naval Aviation Enterprise's ongoing efforts to address challenges to readiness
Post flight analysis revealed a failed component in the OBOGS system was allowing contaminated air into the system.
Bad air day
The Litton OBOGS system for C-130 aircraft is based on the mature, off-the-shelf F-15 Eagle oxygen concentrator with minor modifications.
Litton And Marshall Aerospace Sign Agreement To Upgrade C-130 Hercules Aircraft With Onboard Oxygen Generating System
During the next flight, the pilot received dual bleed-off cautions, no ECS flow, and no OBOGS.
Tanks for the lesson
The OBOGS system for the Belgian C-130 Hercules is based upon the U.
Litton Awarded Contract to Upgrade Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules Aircraft With Onboard Oxygen Generating System
Ensuring the implementation of repair test benches OBOGS, OBIGGS, which is part of the ground system ensuring the operation of the aircraft L-159 Air Force Czech Republic.
Repair, maintenance and associated services related to aircraft and other equipment
Examples of changes stemming from ASAP include: identifying and repainting faded airfield markings, changes in local control frequencies to avoid radio bleedover, modification of a faulty T-6A OBOGS pressure switch, changes to maintenance oil servicing procedures and improved coordination with local USAF flight operations.
ASAP--anymouse to the digital age
OBOGS uses bleed air to make usable oxygen through a series of chemical reactions and filters.
Hypoxia--a multifaceted threat?
I said that I had done this step and had secured the OBOGS.
Time for the chamber
We quickly realized this was not a random caution but a bona fide, full blown, no kidding, OBOGS malfunction.
Halfway hypoxic
Then I saw three cautions on my left DDI: L BLEED OFF, R BLEED OFF and OBOGS DEGD.
Where's the green ring? As much as I've enjoyed reading Approach stories over the last few years, my goal was to never write for this publication. My hope in drafting this article is that other aviators might learn a lesson from me and handle their time in the crucible differently
Other programmes which might eventually opt for OBOGS include the AMX and the Indian Light Combat Aircraft.
Normalair-Garrett: onboard oxygen generation for military aircraft
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