For those SoCal baby-boomers among the readers, this one is an "E-Ticket"! Shutting down your only engine in what is really about a quarter-billion dollar test aircraft - in the hope that you'll be able to get is started again - is right at the top of the list of white-knuckled things to do! I suspect the folks in the control room will be even more nervous than the pilot. The huge lakebeds at Edwards make the Antelope Valley the perfect place to do this kind of stuff, no matter who the ultimate users will be. Have fun guys! Practice those SFOs!
http://www.edwards.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123311441
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