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Old 24-07-2012, 12:02 PM
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Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)
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The main stopping force is the engines in reverse not the brakes...
Teaches me to be flippant in my posts. LOL

Take off and landing distances are also affected be a plethora of other factors - including air temp and pressure/density and approach speeds. According to the book, the C17 can take off from airstrips as short as 3,000 ft with 75,000lb of cargo on board (gross 395,000lb) in addition to enough fuel to fly 500 nautical miles.

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