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Old 1st October 2008 | 06:17
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411A
 
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Flaps 10 would have not given them a takeoff warning.
Many differences with PanAmerican 747 aircraft, just as with their 707 airplanes, before.
Customer option, originally.
In the SFO case, a change of runway at the last minute.
Takeoff planned on the longer runway (flaps 10), but flaps 20 needed on the shorter runway, due to TOW.
A rather big wake-up call for PanAm, at the time, hence the configuration check prior to departure, to be sure that the correct flap selection was made.

I knew the Chief Pilot, Pacific at the time, nice guy.

Forgot the numbers for the Tristar...
160 knots, minimum, powers B system only.
If all three generators trip offline, RAT extends automatically...a nice safety feature.
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