After engine start there is a sound very similar to the hydraulic pumps cycling or flaps moving. The sound persisted until 3000' and clean.

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A Sunwing Boeing 737-800, registration C-GKVV performing flight WG-33 from Orlando,FL to Miami,FL (USA) with 175 passengers and 6 crew, was on approach to Miami, when the crew selected the flaps to 30 ...

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Question: I recently flew from Rome to Philadelphia on a 767. I noticed on takeoff that the flaps were never extended. The winds were light. I cannot remember the last time I flew when the pilot did ...

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