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Old 20th Dec 2019, 11:04
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Chris Scott
 
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Thanks for triggering another of those trips down memory lane, Centaurus. Despite my brief (500 hrs) sojourn as P2 on the Dak, I well remember the attention that was given to the presence of "five locks and two pins" on board prior to engine start. (I think the two L/G pins were normally handed to the skipper.)

What I hadn't remembered (or perhaps never knew) was the secondary role of the aileron locks in stopping the flaps drooping in the absence of hydraulic pressure. I wonder if they all had that feature.

Merry Christmas,
Chris
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