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Old 24th Apr 2008, 13:14
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luddite
 
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God's own aeroplane! You'll love her!
Bit of talk about the trim - perceived wisdom from those happy days was to use the thumbwheel during flap retraction/extension (lots of trim very quickly) and the centre pedestal trim wheel when clean (not so quick).
All powered controls so just think pressure rather than heaving and pulling.
And the greatest thing ever, voice activated throttles! From the point of calling 'set takeoff thrust' to top of descent the wonderful flight engineer will do all the work. Established on final just give yourself a total fuel flow of 10000lbs, 3300 per engine if all three are running, 5000 each if only two. No-one would be so unkind as to give you a single engine approach on an asessment! Although it wasn't as fraught as it sounds.
And - most of all - enjoy!
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