They apparently got it in the air but hit the trees...



".Blueskies." wrote in message et...
: The fully loaded CRJ takes `5500 feet...
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: The airport diagram says no aircraft over 12,000 are to use 26 for landing or taxiing either.
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: "WRE" (remove nospam) wrote in message ...
::I can't imagine a fully loaded CRJ could make it off a 3500' runway...or
:: even intentionally try.
:: I fly a Hawker 700...full gross is 25,000 lbs...and we would never make
:: that...or even try it.
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:: JMHO
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:: "Mike Isaksen" wrote in message
:: news:34KIg.718$wI5.407@trndny04...
:: I keep hearing the media state the CRJ fully loaded needs 5000+ feet for
:: takeoff. But the devil is always in the details: Does anyone have the
:: approx expected ground roll TO numbers? The expected roll distance to V1?
:: And does anyone know if runway 26 has runway remaining signage?
:: I'm asking because I would have expected rotation by 2500 feet and wheels
:: off by 3000. Contrast this with the media stating that the NTSB found
:: scrape marks on the departure end of runway 26 possibly from the CRJ
:: overrotating.
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