Steven P, McNicoll just ****ed me off

I understand what you are saying..I've been on planes that kept rolling
turned, and took off....

But this guy floored it before the turn was even made. Full throttle.

"Stefan" wrote in message
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Dave wrote:

On the way out, we were in an MD80 or something. The Plane was waiting
to pull onto the runway. The engines revved up, and the plane
accelerated, kept going, turned 45 degrees, and launched down the runway.
I've never been in a plane that accelerated through the turn onto the
runway. He never slowed down, or stopped accelerating from the hold
position. Freaked me out.

Pretty standard procedure in many airports. Why stopping again when you're
already rolling and all checks have been done?

Stefan

Hey, when you are at The Duke's airport, you take those chances, pilgrim.
Got it?

{;^)

Jim


"Dave" wrote in message
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I understand what you are saying..I've been on planes that kept rolling
turned, and took off....

But this guy floored it before the turn was even made. Full throttle.

Dave wrote on 08/17/05 15:15:

I understand what you are saying..I've been on planes that kept rolling
turned, and took off....

But this guy floored it before the turn was even made. Full throttle.


Otherwise, he wouldn't have made it off the runway...
Someday, somebody ends up on the freeway at the end. The runway is
awfully short.
But the local population didn't want to have the El Toro base converted
to a civilian airport.

-Joe

Joe Feise wrote:
Otherwise, he wouldn't have made it off the runway...
Someday, somebody ends up on the freeway at the end. The runway is
awfully short.
But the local population didn't want to have the El Toro base converted
to a civilian airport.


Ever been to Grand Cayman? I flew down there once on a Cayman Airways B-727 and
when we got stopped and turned to taxi back to the terminal, the right wing was
hanging over the water at the end of the strip.

I know I was impressed.




--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE