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Old 26th Mar 2019, 16:57
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Originally Posted by AMEX
Global Express, Citations, I suspect Gulfstreams too. Never seen in done on modern airliners though
to add...Gulfstreams, Fokkers and Falcons. I recall it was all the rage to pull back from the gate using reverse thrust..so DC9s (all series) for sure and maybe B727s. On biz jets, we tend to use idle reverse to control taxi speed since most jets will continue to accelerate (to a point, of course) at idle.
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