Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
...

I can certainly see how one could taxi to the wrong runway and even line
up on it. But taking off on it is inexcusable. One of the last checks I
was taught to make before firewalling the throttle is to check that the
heading of the airplane matches the runway to which I was cleared for
takeoff. It takes less than two seconds to make this check and it will
catch this error every time.



Perhaps they did, and when they found the 40 degree error they reset the
gyro to correct the discrepancy.

Well, that would also be a mistake as that isn't the proper reference
for the DG.

Matt