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I wondered what the two doors underneath the aircraft were and why they were still open at take off.I was informed by a US Airways A330 captain that they are intakes for the air conditioning that open automatically on the ground for more air.

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N671UW - Airbus A330-323 - US Airways

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Alexis Boidron N671UW
1,323 5 0 Airbus A330-323
N671UW - Airbus A330-323 - US Airways

The last minute of a 7

John Gardiner N671UW
6,354 0 0 Airbus A330-323
N671UW - Airbus A330-323 - US Airways

Antonio Cesari N671UW
2,080 0 0 Airbus A330-323

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D-AIHR - Airbus A340-642 - Lufthansa

"Lufthansa 9922" arriving for attention in the Air Livery hangar

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Jun 25, 2006

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I wondered what the two doors underneath the aircraft were and why they were still open at take off.I was informed by a US Airways A330 captain that they are intakes for the air conditioning that open automatically on the ground for more air.

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N671UW - Airbus A330-323 - US Airways

Slide scan

Alexis Boidron N671UW
1,323 5 0 Airbus A330-323
N671UW - Airbus A330-323 - US Airways

The last minute of a 7

John Gardiner N671UW
6,354 0 0 Airbus A330-323
N671UW - Airbus A330-323 - US Airways

Antonio Cesari N671UW
2,080 0 0 Airbus A330-323
ZS-SAP - Boeing 747-244B - South African Airways

ZS-SAP at Manchester - scan of an old slide

Alan P Cookson ZS-SAP
2 0 0 Boeing 747-244B
A7-BEE - Boeing 777-3DZER - Qatar Airways

Benjamin Roberts A7-BEE
80 0 0 Boeing 777-3DZER
F-GKXS - Airbus A320-214 - Air France

Andy Fonseca F-GKXS
89 0 0 Airbus A320-214
D-AIHR - Airbus A340-642 - Lufthansa

"Lufthansa 9922" arriving for attention in the Air Livery hangar

Stuart Prince D-AIHR
5,548 0 0 Airbus A340-642
HS-TGF - Boeing 747-4D7 - Thai Airways International

"Thai 910" lined up on 23R for departure to LHR after diverting due to storm force winds

Stuart Prince HS-TGF
6,599 3 0 Boeing 747-4D7
G-OSRA - Boeing 727-2S2F(Adv) - T2 Aviation

Superb scheme on this classic 727 just about to depart 23L as "Broadsword 61"

Stuart Prince G-OSRA
11,691 6 1 Boeing 727-2S2F(Adv)
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Felix Sewald

Yes. And the entire air for cooling down the computers on board the A330s and-340s is also blown out through these openings. I once watched some guys drying their hair in rainy weather with this warm air. :-)