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Old 26th March 2012 | 20:38
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Lyman;

The original image was provided by the BEA just after the discovery of the wreckage. There were seven other images provided at the time. I don't think that there are/were other images of flap tracks from the wreckage site.

(Edit: I took a look at the two photos of the tracks in IR2, one showing the flap rotational actuator in the extended position and the lower image showing it in the retracted position. The track itself is very beefy, (about six feet long in total, IIRC) and hangs down a long way thus the need for the aerodynamic "canoes". The first photo in the above post was actually from the left wing, but in the rotation to conform to the photo of the wreckage, it appears to be "correctly" oriented. It makes no difference as longitudinal orientation is here unaffected by lateral orientation. This is Flap Track 2 from the R.Wing. Flap Track 1 is differently structured and mounted inboard of the gear near the fuselage/wing join).

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