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Close call!

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Most aircraft use about two-thirds of the runway to take off. This is an Ilyushin IL76 freight aircraft taking off fully laden for an 11 hour flight, warm day, no wind....... oh and look, no runway left either! (www.youtube.com) More...

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EmeraldRocket
Shawn S. Sullivan 0
PIC ever hear of MTOW? I mean, HELLO?
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flyhartc5
flyhartc5 0
I agree EmeraldRocket he might not be so lucky next time.
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vulcansunray
vulcansunray 0
That was at Canberra Airport. I've had the same problem trying to land a C172 - damn thing would "float" along the runway, because of the hot air rising off the runway!
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SETIgirl
SETIgirl 0
that was really lucky that he didn't have a big issue or something. It would have been terrible if he didn;t lift off, but that's what the extra room on the runway is there for...
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karl
Karl Lehenbauer 0
I rather enjoyed the tower conversation... "The vodka burner is rolling." "We have Smirnoff." "You're going to have to go faster than that, Captain." "You can lift it up any time you like."
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flyhartc5
flyhartc5 0
I agree that was funny karl
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saraland
saraland 0
The Vodka Burner- Ha!
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