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Old 02-18-2010, 12:24 PM
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woodfinx
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Just to clarify...the jet isn't actually reversing, they just open the buckets and use them as a speed brake to negate the idle thrust on those two engines.

A bunch of airplanes have had this idle reverse thrust capability (HS-121, C-17, Tu-154) but the only one i've ever heard of actually being able to apply reverse thrust in flight is the NASA G2.
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