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  1. 05-05-2011, 12:50 PM #1
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    Video: Boeing 747-8 Extreme Braking Test

    How does Boeing test the braking limits on the largest aircraft they've ever built? File the brake pads down to the rivets, load up the plane to nearly a million pounds, gun the engines to 200 mph, then mash the brakes as hard as possible and watch them burst into flames.
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    Very nice video... I have seen this before on smaller planes and they usually go flame up ... this one was pretty well contained. Any IT folks here? Remind you of NEBS Compliance Testing?
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