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Old 18th Feb 2004, 10:54
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Blacksheep
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I suppose this is all about the car type brakes on puddle jumpers? I'm watching these dirty great Boeings, fitted with heat shields to keep the heat from the carbon brakes melting the beads on the tyres, as they do their landing roll with brakes glowing in the dark. The question of the week for next week is: How's a bit of air in the brake cylinder going to make them any hotter than white hot?
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