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Old 2nd June 2005 | 00:20
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Milt
 
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"Wing Growth" has to be proportional to the absolute temperature and the coefficient of expansion of the material of manufacture.

If someone can come up with the coefficient of expansion for the alloy used to make the A380 wings we may be intrigued to learn that the wing span reduces by X millimetres per thousand feet on the climb!!!! But who will notice?
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