On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 09:59:36PM +0000, mike wilson wrote: > Stan Halpin wrote: > >> >> I am still not convinced that the pilot didn't take off from the >> taxiway to avoid wasting time by going all the way out to the runway. > > I've had a pilot (Aeroflot....) start his takeoff accelleration during > the turn onto the runway. Until you've felt the tyres of an airliner > scrubbing sideways, you haven't lived.
I've had that on a commercial US flight. We'd missed our regular takeoff slot, but the pilot was told he could use the second (normally landing) runway if he was quick - there was just enough time before an incoming flight was due. He did all the pre-flight checks on the taxiway, then lit it up, zipped out onto the runway, and off we went. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
