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will the tower likely think my aircraft has been hijacked if I taxi with the flaps down?
No.
For the twenty-some-odd years I owned my plane, I only taxied with the flaps down (for important operational reasons), even at towered airports, and not once had anyone think I was being hijacked.
Indeed, it would be quite disconcerting (to say the least) for ATC to ...
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