Flaps? We don't need no stinking flaps
Well, sorry to be late in getting this out, but we've had an issue with the flaps on the airplane that kept us in Taipei, Taiwan, for an extra day. It was quite an adventure but turned out OK for now. For the initiated, the flaps on an airplane are used to reduce the distance traveled down the runway during takeoff- (adds more lift) and also to reduce the speed of the airplane at...