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by **Ray C** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 9:21 pm

Did anyone attend the 558 night at Ringway...? i did, and what a setting...! i enjoyed
the entire evening, so ile post just a few shots from my humble little compact camera.

Greeted by a lit up Nimrod
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Just for Eric.....

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What do these do....?
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Why did we remove this aircraft....?

by **Mayfly** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 9:47 pm

'We' didn't the French did!

Glad you enjoyed it.

by **Dougs** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 9:48 pm

What do these do?
They are clam shell thrust reversers

by **Ray C** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:34 pm

Pardon.....! Are the unique to Concorde....?

by **Sooty655** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 11:02 pm

Ray C wrote:What do these do?

Dougs wrote:They are clam shell thrust reversers

Ray C wrote:Pardon.....! Are the unique to Concorde....?

They are fitted to any pure jet aircraft which doesn't use a parachute for reducing the landing length, i.e. civilian and some military.

Most fan jets have a similar arrangement on the bypass flow instead of the jet pipe.

It is the equivalent of reverse pitch on a prop, and is the only way you can get any deceleration force from a jet engine.

by **Sploosher** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 4:21 pm

the Tornado has them too, if you listen closely when they land , you can hear them actuating.......

by **RLN** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 5:09 pm

One open, one closed.........

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