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Mar 16, 2014, 4:06 pm

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DaviddesJ

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Survivor1702

And my thought was "why the f--- is he still trying to get us in air."

It takes a lot longer than one might think for a jet engine to significantly increase or decrease its thrust. Several seconds.