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June 18th 05, 02:39 PM
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On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 13:15:37 GMT, Brian Whatcott
wrote: Hmmm...in case we dismiss Jack out of hand, better mention that Concorde used tank redistribution of weight in flight and the KC135 which has been shunting fuel round the sky for a long, long time, can place fuel between various tanks for CofG purposes. I knew about the KC135 (that one was obvious because of it's special mission) and the Concorde, but when the OP wrote about "most large aircraft" having trim tanks I had to ask. I really don't consider the Concorde a large (or normal!) aircraft. Brian Whatcott -Jack Davis B737 ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- 
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