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Old 13th November 2004 | 21:41
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john_tullamarine
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"Spool up" is a generic term which refers to engine acceleration characteristics on a turbine.

So, one might refer to "spool up" from idle to a minimum nominated thrust level at some point during the approach or, indeed, as has been suggested, the time to "spool up" from idle to max thrust.
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