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Old July 13th 05, 07:07 PM
Jay Beckman
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"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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In a previous article, "Jay Beckman" said:
The Shuttle Landing Trainer is a clip-winged Gulfstream that is flown at
or
slightly above gross weight and it glides like a brick.


I was under the impression that the SLT flies with thrust reversers on.


You are correct. I double checked and they do use the reversers in flight
to give the proper descent profile.

Jay B