The brakes in the Electra were used for parking.
Just saying'.

Dominic V. Crain
domcrain@tpg.com.au
Phone 03-94161881
Mobile 0412-359320

On 19/02/2013, at 12:12 AM, George Wehrung <gw5@me.com> wrote:

> I am a King Air pilot for the last 7 years.  We generally come out of beta around 60 knots during the landing rollout.  This is because of blade erosion and the potential of debris being sucked back into the engine.  This is really apparent when landing on dirt strips and seeing the dirt cloud move from behind the engine towards the front of the blades as the aircraft slows.  I know it seems weird from behind the engines to the front, but it happens.  
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