This Russian pilot must have wished he had a taxiway entrance at the runway's end for a little extra takeoff run:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZGXwbPfwQs He backtracked all the way down the runway, and still almost ran out of tarmac. regards, Anthony "Of what use is lens and light to those who lack in mind and sight" (Anon) On 8 February 2010 08:59, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > Stan Halpin wrote: > >> >> I am still not convinced that the pilot didn't take off from the taxiway >> to avoid wasting time by going all the way out to the runway. > > 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. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
