St. Louis Downtown Airport held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday to open the newly constructed Ground Engine Run-Up and Compass Calibration Pad located adjacent to the Gulfstream facility north of Runway 12L-30R. The $5.4M project was engineered by Hanson Professional Services and was completed in ten months by general contractor Baxmeyer Construction. The jet blast deflector is designed to reduce noise generated from engine tests by 50%, and the pre-delivery compass calibration process will be made more efficient by providing a large area for positioning the aircraft around the certified compass rose.
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6 сен 2024
