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Spoilers or Airbrakes - Whats in a name?



 
 
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Old May 16th 08, 05:43 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Bob Kuykendall
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Default Spoilers or Airbrakes - Whats in a name?

Launch Robert Mudd post on glidepath control nomenclature on my mark:
three... two... one...

Bob K.
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Old May 17th 08, 12:39 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Mike[_8_]
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Default Spoilers or Airbrakes - Whats in a name?

On May 16, 10:43 am, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
Launch Robert Mudd post on glidepath control nomenclature on my mark:
three... two... one...

Bob K.


LOL!

I set Robert up once calling the DG's divebrakes spoilers, after
seeing the term in my DG's manual. The response was as expected. I
then had the pleasure to show him the term in the manual. He told me
he would have to have a talk with Herr Dirks about this the next time
he saw him.
 




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