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Old 12th Sep 2015, 10:51
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Testing the brakes during initial taxying

Have just watched fascinated the flight of an original FW190.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PviNlOwihIw

As the aircraft starts to taxi, it stops momentarily as the pilot tests the brakes and then continues to taxy.
A gentle touch of the brakes after the aircraft had rolled a few feet was a technique widely taught in the military when I learned to fly in 1951 and has been part of flying training in many civilian flying schools even today.

Airliners don't do it, however, and I wonder why?
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