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Old 8th Oct 2008, 11:31
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hongkongfooey
 
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Engine re-light at FL370?
7000' above max guaranteed altitude

Rollers take a crap load more than 10 secs to re-light, try nearly 2 minutes. FL370 significantly above OEI alt, even for an empty a/c, so I think the engine wind back thing is a crock It would have lost 1000s of feet.
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