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My wild spec, for starters, begins with, most likely, that the
pilots that were not familiar with runway constraints.


What's a runway constraint?


Bertie


At the end of the runway, there is a 5000 ft drop, straight down.
How's that for a constraint.



Gives you some time to get flying speed up...

Bertie


oops sorry, I just took another look at the article and noticed the
accident happened at Columbia S.C. I thought the accident was at
Columbia Airport in the California Sierra's. No drop that I know of
in S.C.

OK, but what I meant was that a pilot of an aircraft of that performance
level isn't really thinking "restraint". It's really more cut and dried
than that.


Bertie