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8th February 2019 | 08:42

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safelife

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From: FL510

Air Berlin had a procedure to select the gear down lastest 6 NM out, and then wait for the speed to drop way down, until about 15 kt over Vapp, only then select flaps 3.
Apparently it reduces the wear on the flaps (aerodynamic loading) quite a bit.

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