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Old 19th July 2003 | 02:25
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Bally Heck
 
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Expedite,

Because of this greatly reduced MTOW, and the fact that you cannot legally derate by more than 25%, this means that at many airfields, the 757 and 767 are taking off with considerably greater thrust than is required. I would assume that this is seldom the case for a 738?
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