taking off for the first time

"John Doe" wrote in message
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Jose wrote:

btw, there's no such thing as a "trainer runway".

Right. I was thinking small aircraft, and was trying to concisely
distinguish between a short runway and a long runway. In other words, a
student small aircraft pilot isn't going to have the length of a 747
runway.

Sometimes they do, but that's definately learning to swim in the deep end of
the pool.

Most runways are five to ten times the length necessary for a trainer to
take off anyway, but the instructor will still have them fly around the
pattern to set up for normal approach.

-c