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Virgin Globalflyer finally takes off
Did anyone watch the Globalflyer take off this morning?
I thought I was going to witness a big fireball for a bit there. It took him forever to get off the ground, much longer than planned. Based on the wing flex, it sure look like he snatched the yoke back in a desperate attempt to get off the ground. I was amazed the wings didn't snap. Here's what his webpage had to say about the takeoff: The few onlookers allowed in the NASA perimeters nervously watched Steve pass the 8000ft mark on the runway where he had hoped to take off. Finally the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer managed to lift off the ground at 11,500ft with about 4000ft of runway remaining. If anything had gone wrong Steve would not have had the 7000ft of runway needed to stop the aircraft. |
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Virgin Globalflyer finally takes off
He had two bird strikes on takeoff, but no damage to the aircraft.
"John Doe" wrote in message news:4ZtGf.24579$Dh.19326@dukeread04... Did anyone watch the Globalflyer take off this morning? I thought I was going to witness a big fireball for a bit there. It took him forever to get off the ground, much longer than planned. Based on the wing flex, it sure look like he snatched the yoke back in a desperate attempt to get off the ground. I was amazed the wings didn't snap. Here's what his webpage had to say about the takeoff: The few onlookers allowed in the NASA perimeters nervously watched Steve pass the 8000ft mark on the runway where he had hoped to take off. Finally the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer managed to lift off the ground at 11,500ft with about 4000ft of runway remaining. If anything had gone wrong Steve would not have had the 7000ft of runway needed to stop the aircraft. |
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Virgin Globalflyer finally takes off
Did the birds make it? g
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