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Old 21st Aug 2005, 08:36
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As I understand it, the problem of short(ish) runway length for RYR at ABZ isn't only down to the engines...it's also a brake cooling issue due to the short turn around time. The brakes won't cool enough to allow a safe stop at MTOW in the event of a high speed abort. Not sure if this becomes less of a factor if your engines are more powerful (RYR using CFM56-7B24s compared to -7B26s or -27s used by the IT operators as mentioned by Stampe).

One way around it is to restrict the payload of course...
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