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Old 8th May 2011 | 09:23
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mourgo
 
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Aircraft 1st flights!

Maybe a stupid and obvious questions but when companies (Boeing, Airbus, etc) conduct their FIRST flight of a new type why do they keep the gear down and then retract it maybe 1 hour into the flight?
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