"John Gaquin" wrote in message news

".Blueskies." wrote in message

The 747 has been capable of this for years, since ~69 or so. The pilot does have to advance the throttles though...


Not in all cases. I flew -100s and -200s. Some of the -200s were autothrottle equipped.


The autothrottle was for approach, right? Takeoff still needed to be initiated didn't it?