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Originally Posted by Oberst
Parked on the ground the slats were required to be retracted, as to not contaminate with foreign debris.
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Look at photographs. On the Bf 109 they are often seen in/up on parked aircraft because exactly that has happened.
I'm not sure that the slats on an Me 262 would stay up even if pushed in. Most images of parked Me 262s in which the slats are visible show them to be down. I've just had a flick through the first three volumes of Smith and Creek's Me 262 series!
The US serviceman in the film is clearly demonstrating how freely the slats move but is he pulling them down or are they sliding back down under their own weight?
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