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Old 20th Mar 2006, 21:59
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Phil Hudson
 
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Brakes

Most of our 737's has carbon brakes: http://www.compositesnews.com/cni.asp?articleID=10265

during normal operations we use reverse idle and let the wheelbrakes take most of the load.
If limited of short turnarounds or short runways let the engine reversers do their job.
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