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Old January 8th 07, 10:29 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,sci.space.history,sci.space.shuttle
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Default Why does the shuttle throttle on ascent?

Mxsmanic wrote:
No, I don't. I've never flown in combat.

Well, a lot of people have never flown in combat, but one could have deduced
from the fact that we were talking about the P-51 Mustang (a WWII fighter
plane) and the "war" part in "war emergency power" that the most likely
application of war emergency power was indeed, um, during wartime? War, as
in, combat?