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Old 9th Dec 2008, 15:54
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GeeRam
 
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Indeed. The display was very tame compared to years gone by, but with good reasons. Hopefully that will change in future once the necessary spar work is carried out.
IIRC, according the the guys who work on her that have posted on the forums, the more sedate display is related to preserving engine life by keeping the cycles to a minimum on the now only 7 remaining useable engines, as once the engines are used up then she's grounded anyway.

Probably a mute point now anyway, as in the current financial climate, I don't think she'll see air under her wings again, or certainly not for next season at least.
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