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for Boeing chief t7 pilot Steve Schmidt

fellow Boeing test & Evaluation pilot

bill Barrowman a critical engine restart

test in midair will prove the new

advanced trainers ability to restart the

engine if a flight crew ever has to shut

it down during an emergency given it's a

single-engine airplane it's kind of a

critical piece of showing that it's a

safe trainer inside the t7 st. Louis

ground-based training system simulator

preparation for purposely shutting down

the Jets only engine at 20,000 feet

began months ago putting the jet and its

crew through her emergency paces Schmidt

gripping the flight stick and guiding

his simulated trainer with no power in

for a safe dead-stick landing he hopes

he never has to make simulator itself

responds like the airplane so when we go

out there to do it for real we're gonna

be very well prepared with a safety case

plane in the t7 shadow Schmidt and

Barrowman quickly climbed from st. Louis

Lambert International Airport enroute to

the test area a short 12 minute flight

inside Boeing's flight test radio and

telemetry rooms the flight is closely

monitored test engineers focused on the

moment in seconds the t-7s only engine

will be purposely switched off leaving

Schmidt and Berman in a cockpit of a

dormant aircraft one final go-around

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Berryman declares their position and the

engine is shut off your blood pressure

count goes up when you shut the engine

off your only engine to airborne but

you're just following your procedures

you're looking at what you expect to see

then after 48 seconds without power

Berryman pushes the engine restart and

the t7 is brought back to life

with what works fantastic so I worked as

expected what really gives me the

confidence go up there and be willing to

go ahead and shut the engine off I've

got that great team backing me up we

have confidence in the system and that

goes into the airplane now I mean we're

just proving it to everybody else that

this airplane is very robust and it's

safe that's going to be a great pilot

trainer for the US Air Force

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