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Old 18th May 2009, 20:57
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Herod

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If you think about it, an airliner without power is really just a big glider, albeit a pretty inefficient one. As long as sufficient speed is maintained over the wings, they will produce lift. One has to hope there is some means of hydraulic power, since the controls of a big aircraft suffering manual reversion can be very heavy.
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