John Gaquin wrote:

I can't speak for all transports, but I seem to recall on the 727 and 747
there are lockouts that prevent reverse actuation in flight. Not 100% sure
of the physical lockout on the 727, and too lazy right now to look it up.
:-) I do recall that inflight reverser use was possible on at least some
models of the DC8.


John, I'm sure the Thailand Air Lauda A320 crash of about 10 years ago
has escaped your attention

The pilots somehow accidentally deployed the reversers on finals and
couldn't recover the craft

Ramapriya