Mxsmanic wrote:
Capt.Doug writes:


On the big jets, we stop at the gate, set the parking brake, check for
alternate electrical power, shutdown the engines, turn off the seatbelt
sign, wait for the signal that chocks are in place, and release the parking
brake for heat dissipation.


Is the parking brake on a large aircraft a separate mechanism from the regular
brakes, or does it use the same mechanism?

Which reminds me ... I once took off from LAX in my 747-400, and after a bit I
happened to look at the gear page on the EICAS, and it showed all the brakes
in the yellow range for temperature (9). I absolutely could not figure out
how I had heated them up, as I had rolled very gentle to the runway, and I had
generally slowed just by cutting the throttle rather than by applying the
brakes (the 747-400 seems to slow very quickly if you have N1 at less than 36%
or so, even lightly loaded).

Gracious, Anthony! First your spell checker fails, and now your grammar
is going by the wayside, too? Are you overdosing on Jolt and Galoise, or
is it just time to check the meds?