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   user@nouse.org to Eeyore   
   Re: Heathrow = Thrust Reversers deployed   
   19 Jan 08 01:17:44   
   
   Eeyore wrote:   
   >   
   > user@nouse.org wrote:   
   >   
   >> Eeyore wrote:   
   >>> I've only ever heard of Learjet pilots coming in hot operating thrust   
   reversers   
   >>> whilst airborne.   
   >> They're the only ones who'll talk about it :-)   
   >>   
   >> The FAA knoooooooooooooows, and even they don't   
   >> know eeeeeeeeeeeeverything.   
   >   
   > Can you do it in a 777 though ? Buses (320s at least) won't let you   
   (interlocks to   
   > the MLG).   
      
   I'll have to ask the wif :-)   
      
   But on older (airplanes that is) there's been lotsa hard paint worn   
   offa guards on reverse override switches that are hardly ever used   
   even by maintenance. Must be bad paint, just there, kinda.   
      
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