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Old Jun 9, 2007 | 12:16 pm
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Originally Posted by moman
...........Spoilers and speed brakes are used to slow the plane after touchdown, not the flaps.
Spoilers are designed to reduce lift to having nil effect on aircraft speed. Very few airline or general aviation aircraft have speed brakes.

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