Re: May America lose the Iraq war

From: M. Ranjit Mathews (ranjit_mathews@yahoo.com)
Date: 03/31/03 

From: "M. Ranjit Mathews" <ranjit_mathews@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 04:27:54 GMT

Paul Repacholi wrote:
> Keith R. Williams <krw@attglobal.net> writes:
>
>>Air brakes? Please! Civilian aircraft do not have "air brakes".
>>Perhaps you mean "thrust reversers"? That may have been a problem
>>with the incident in Pittsburgh, but who knows what you're talking
>>about.
>
> Air brakes, those things on the top of every wing of a 727, 737, 747,
> DC-10, and on the tail of a F-28. And that is just the ones I have
> personally seen deployed. Oh, forgot 767.

Why are air brakes necessary? Can't the ailerons dissipate energy by
expending it on providing lift*?
* obviously not enough lift to get the wheels off the ground