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Fuel dumping is a procedure used by aircraft in certain emergency situations before a return to the airport shortly after take-off, or before landing short of its destination to reduce the landing weight.
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Why isn't dumped fuel burned?
Obviously there's the risk of rapid unplanned incineration, but what are the other factors?
"Rapid unplanned incineration", although appearing nowhere in the certification standards for any airpl …
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Why does the F-111 sometimes squirt a giant fire plume behind it? (NOT afterburners!)
The F-111 has, like many aircraft, a fuel dump port so it can get rid of a lot of heavy fuel rather quickly. Most aircraft have the dump ports on the wings, the F-111 designers put it in the tail betw …
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