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            Interference No. 102,755                                                                   


                              Q.  Would that have been a piece of                                      
                        equipment that you could have used to                                          
                        validate the -- the taxi braking concept?                                      
                              A.  Attempts to validate that concept                                    
                        would have been done on a dynamometer.                                         
                              Q.  Do you know whether any were?                                        
                              A.  Wear testing that we've been                                         
                        talking about.                                                                 
                              Q.  Okay.  Was the Taxi Brake Select                                     
                        system ever tested on that dynamometer?                                        
                              A.  The system, itself, would not have                                   
                        been tested on a dynamometer.                                                  
                              Q.  Okay.  But what parts of it would                                    
                        have been?                                                                     
                              A.  We would have -- we would have                                       
                        tested the brake for wear characteristics                                      
                        in an effort to verify the effect of Taxi                                      
                        Brake Select on brake wear.                                                    
                              Q.  Do you know if those tests were                                      
                        ever done?                                                                     
                              A.  Yes.  We -- we did do tests in                                       
                        which the wear data was reviewed  --                                           
                        reviewed relative to the Taxi Brake Select                                     
                        concept.                                                                       
                              Q.  And do you know when those tests                                     
                        were done?                                                                     
                              A.  I can't give you an exact date.                                      
                              Q.  I know it's a long time ago.  But                                    
                        the -- is there documentation that's                                           
                        maintained on this type of testing that                                        
                        would reflect when that testing was done?                                      
                              A.  Yes.                                                                 

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