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Old Jan 27, 2016, 3:48 pm
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Gamecock
 
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Not a pilot, but it seems to me many of the checks can't be done until the engines are turning at a certain rpm. Don't think you want them fired up to that degree at the ramp.

Again, just shooting from the hip.
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