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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Most beautiful aircraft
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Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 01:28:50 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 18 01:28:50 1985
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> In late 1978 (September, October), a TWA 727-100 did indeed do a roll.
> According to the reports, the Captain ("Hoot" Gibson, by name) may have
> asked for 1 degree of flaps to lower the deck angle of the aircraft
> in order to increase aircraft speed.

Actually, the claim was the first notch of flaps, 3%.  He, of course,
denies this.  Boeing actually did some tests and found this does not
increase efficiency.

>  Anyway, the slats on the
> wing are supposed to extend with 2 degrees of flap travel.

They come out with the first notch, in order to deploy the flaps, you
must pull the circuit breaker controlling the slats.

> With the exception of the damage noted
> and repaired in Detroit (missing slat, gear damage), there was no damage
> at all on the airplane.  It is still flying passengers for TWA.

ALPA is still looking for the slat actuator that they claim failed and
caused the problem, in order to vidicate the pilots.

-RON