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Old August 18th 04, 08:08 AM
bangbang
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Hey, that was the primary reason why I bought a 1965 airplane - manual
flaps. Love 'em...

In article , C J Campbell
wrote:

Most of the problems that I have had on Cessna 172s have been with flaps. I
agree that pilots should verify flaps up on touch and goes.

Cessna used to have manual flaps. Why did they ever go to this flakey
electrical system in the first place?



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