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Old 28th Mar 2011, 14:48
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Most likely a DC-8 captain, the DC-8 did not have speed brakes or spoilers.


Course they could lower the main gear and reverse 2 % 3 in flight. That helped.

There were times when I have said that, well at least somebody in the cockpit has informed ATC of that inconvenient fact.
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