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Old 19th Feb 2010, 10:01
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Otto Throttle
 
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Meggs,

I still haven't seen a simple Janet and John answer like the sort that I sometimes need, so;

Bleeds are the basically the mechanisms used to take very hot air from the engine for a variety of uses, including pressurisation.

Packs are the pieces of equipment that bleed air must pass through to bring it to a sensible temperature before it can be used for cabin/hold pressurisation.

In essence, bleeds are stage 1 and packs are stage 2 of the pressurisation process.
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