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Old 30th Nov 2017, 00:20
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captainsmiffy
 
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Not that this is relevant to normal airplanes, but an interesting sidenote: the Skylon spaceplane design is supposed to have a tank of water to spray on the brakes during an RTO. If the takeoff is successful, it's jettisoned.
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