MD11Pilot
Line Up and Wait
a friend sent this to me and while I NEVER would have done such a thing in my 16 years on the 757/767,......
Remember also, these are freighters.
All,
I see the world of flying is all agog of the “spectacular almost vertical” takeoff from the Farnborough Air show of some Airbus A350.
Eh! Not even close to what we used to do every Monday as contractors for XXX.
Evidently nobody remembers the REALLY vertical takeoffs on “Maxi-Monday” with the completely empty B-757’s of the might Ryan Air Force that were required to use FULL POWER for takeoff departing Louisville headed down to Charlotte for the short trip. This was mandated by the FAA as we were never using full power for takeoff in normal operations. It was determined that the first takeoff of the week (usually Monday) would be a full power takeoff. Hmm, the first takeoff on Monday for the Charlotte flight was out of Louisville.
So, we’ve got an empty B-757 with the most powerful engine available (at the time) and no fuel load.
Oh yeah, toss in flight crews attempting to outdo each other with the rate of climb, just because we could.
You can get some serious speed built up by the end of the runway if you blow off that pesky “V2 thing” and just stay low.
Hit the end of the runway, pull back and I’ll demonstrate some vertical takeoffs for you.
I never realized just how scary it looked until I saw somebody else do it one day.
We won’t mention any pitch angles as there are some limitations on transport category airplanes in commercial operations.
As a former Army helicopter pilot, things like that did not come into play, so I figured I was “legal” to do those things.
And yes, the B-757 will most definitely climb at 18,000 feet per minute. We used to “test” that capability every Monday coming out of Charlotte. 11,000 feet to FL290 in UNDER 60 seconds. Piece of cake.
Oh yeah, do NOT overshoot your assigned altitude!!
When you got your initial flight training in the 757 from Boeing Test Pilots, you learned a LOT of things that were not in the “approved” flight manual.
Remember also, these are freighters.
All,
I see the world of flying is all agog of the “spectacular almost vertical” takeoff from the Farnborough Air show of some Airbus A350.
Eh! Not even close to what we used to do every Monday as contractors for XXX.
Evidently nobody remembers the REALLY vertical takeoffs on “Maxi-Monday” with the completely empty B-757’s of the might Ryan Air Force that were required to use FULL POWER for takeoff departing Louisville headed down to Charlotte for the short trip. This was mandated by the FAA as we were never using full power for takeoff in normal operations. It was determined that the first takeoff of the week (usually Monday) would be a full power takeoff. Hmm, the first takeoff on Monday for the Charlotte flight was out of Louisville.
So, we’ve got an empty B-757 with the most powerful engine available (at the time) and no fuel load.
Oh yeah, toss in flight crews attempting to outdo each other with the rate of climb, just because we could.
You can get some serious speed built up by the end of the runway if you blow off that pesky “V2 thing” and just stay low.
Hit the end of the runway, pull back and I’ll demonstrate some vertical takeoffs for you.
I never realized just how scary it looked until I saw somebody else do it one day.
We won’t mention any pitch angles as there are some limitations on transport category airplanes in commercial operations.
As a former Army helicopter pilot, things like that did not come into play, so I figured I was “legal” to do those things.
And yes, the B-757 will most definitely climb at 18,000 feet per minute. We used to “test” that capability every Monday coming out of Charlotte. 11,000 feet to FL290 in UNDER 60 seconds. Piece of cake.
Oh yeah, do NOT overshoot your assigned altitude!!
When you got your initial flight training in the 757 from Boeing Test Pilots, you learned a LOT of things that were not in the “approved” flight manual.