"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote:

You know, I almost wonder if the pilot's seat didn't slip back on him. That
might explain the cocked attitude going down the runway. If his load was
marginal (and it sure looked like it was) it would have been easy to lose it
while trying to reach the rudder pedals without pulling back the yoke at the
same time as he tried to scoot forward. Plausible

Didn't you see the O2 canister in the back of the pilot seat in the video?
Assuming it wasn't moved prior to taxi and takeoff, the canister looked to
me like it was uncomfortably wedged up against the pilot's seat and
certainly would have prevented the seat from moving backwards.



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Peter