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Old 6th Jul 2019, 07:23
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Originally Posted by Cough
My thought - Unless the airport is huge, you are only taxiing in for a few minutes.. How is opening a flap going to warm up cold soaked metal in a few minutes??
Well...metal conducts heat fairly well and the purpose is to reduce thermal stresses I suppose.
Last night we taxied 19 minutes....

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