Thursday, February 21, 2008

Using ALL the runway...

This Russian IL76 wanted to get it's moneys worth out of this runway. Take a look at this takeoff.
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6 comments:

  1. EthanThursday, February 21, 2008 at 12:48:00 PM EST

    wow, that was crazy

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  2. AnonymousThursday, February 21, 2008 at 2:30:00 PM EST

    Yikes...so much for balanced field and a minimum climb profile...silly russians....

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  3. Ad's BlogThursday, February 21, 2008 at 2:31:00 PM EST

    We where watching this the other day in class for Mass & Balance :)

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  4. AnonymousFriday, February 22, 2008 at 4:07:00 AM EST

    Unbelievable. They really did use the whole of the runway - crazy!
    The aussie commentating did a good job- "I'm running out of film, gee I hope I've got enough to film the crash!"-classic.

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  5. AnonymousSaturday, February 23, 2008 at 4:22:00 PM EST

    I can't get the video to work :(

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  6. DaveSunday, February 24, 2008 at 2:24:00 PM EST

    Scary stuff Kent - what would he have done if anything had gone wrong?

    Dave

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