"John Gaquin" wrote in message ...

".Blueskies." wrote in message


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

IIRC, the autothrottle could be engaged in most modes, but there was no takeoff mode available. When I used it (which
was rare) it was in either cruise or approach. I didn't like it much.


That's the way I understood it. The autopilot et al could handle all the FD stuff, but you still had to set power until
coupled on approach. It's got to be a blast flying one of those birds...The closest I got was flying the PamAm 747 sim
in San Fran way back when.