On Feb 7, 2010, at 4:04 PM, Doug Franklin wrote:
On 2010-02-07 16:59, mike wilson wrote:
I've had a pilot (Aeroflot....) start his takeoff accelleration
during
the turn onto the runway. Until you've felt the tyres of an airliner
scrubbing sideways, you haven't lived.
I had a Delta pilot do that years ago, leaving Ft. Lauderdale. The
air was thin because it was high summer, and the plane was loaded to
the gills. We didn't move after we got to 3rd in line. The pilot
counted down as the other planes left. Then told us we were next.
About fifteen seconds later he comes on the intercom to say
"Yeeeeeeee! Haaaaa!" and slammed the throttles to (through?) the
firewall. We made the 180* turn from the taxiway to the runway at
what felt like 40 knots, and we still needed every flappin' inch of
runway available. It was the most fun I've ever had on a takeoff. :-)
The closest I've come to that was doing a donut in a pulse jet powered
go-kart.
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Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est
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