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From: Sent: Friday, March 4, 2011 4:33 AM To: Je vacation Subject: Re: Gil update High altitude start could only be verified by an Albuquerque stop, We can't simulate high altitude, if the apu sounded smooth during start, I'd say it was fixed, but I'm just not comfortable with the sound during acceleration, gulfstream is recommending surge valve replacement,. At this point I'm installing parts that we can't verify are faulty, the surge valve is $7,900 Gulfstream is not able to locate the test box for Tstat calibration,. All I have heard today is, this plane is old, it was called a classic by one Mechanic, and they rarely see GII's at there shop. I'm glad we are not doing inspection here. Let's see if they can find a fault with surge valve, I really need Dallas Airmotive to assist more in trouble shooting, of course, dallas airmotive told us speed switch, then tstat, all that appears left is surge valve,. Frustrating, sorry I'm still at plane now, I'll let you know further finding tonight, Thx Larry Ps; Flight Safety here in Long Beach has just retired their Gil sims as did Simuflite, no more exist. Only Gill's Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T From: jeffrey epstein <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 20:07:18 -0800 To: Subject: Re: Gil update What about altitude Sorry for all the typos .Sent from my iPhone On Mar 3, 2011, at 7:59 PM, wrote: Jeffrey, Tstat is installed and working, APU is not as smooth as I thought it would sound when accelerating from 80% to 100%, the part we installed is 41years old, so that could be an issue,.We are doing functional checks of the APU Surge Valve, which is the last part of the air system involved in starting. Surge valve will arrive tomorrow from Savannah at 10:30am is what I'm being told, just in case we elect to install it,. I'm fine with APU operation at this point, so we can depart if you like any time tomorrow,. I will know more around midnight tonight if a problem with surge valve is found„ only takes 1.5 hours to install,. I did not want to delay your departure,.I can always install when we do the below floor inspection,.if there is an issue found with surge valve,. The technicians at Long Beach are marginal as far as GIl knowledge, they are following the Tech supports recommendations,.only one guy is approved to run APU, all others are GIV and up specialist,. Boost pump operation normal., changed boost pump Relay for L/H side, and two pressure switches,. I will update you if any findings on surge valve,.let me know if there is a departure time yet? EFTA_R1_00121126 EFTA01791269 thank you, Larry 2 EFTA_R1_00121127 EFTA01791270