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Old 21st Mar 2013, 00:23
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Chris Scott
 
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Yes Bob, VC10 is correct: Top-of-Climb check.

If needed for wing-bending relief (above a certain weight), Aileron Upset is cancelled by crew (sorry, F/E) action passing FL240 in the climb. The HP Stop Valves are, IIRC, the bleed for the airframe anti-ice, which serves the L/Es of fin. tailplane and the whole wing-span (unlike more modern a/c). HP because (again IIRC) there isn't enough grunt from the LP air on the low-bypass Conway engine. Can't remember any other jet transport with a TOC check, which may explain why it sticks in my mind after 40 years. Sad, innit...

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