On 2010-02-07 16:59, mike wilson wrote:
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 had a Delta pilot do that years ago, leaving Ft. Lauderdale. The air was thin because it was high summer, and the plane was loaded to the gills. We didn't move after we got to 3rd in line. The pilot counted down as the other planes left. Then told us we were next. About fifteen seconds later he comes on the intercom to say "Yeeeeeeee! Haaaaa!" and slammed the throttles to (through?) the firewall. We made the 180* turn from the taxiway to the runway at what felt like 40 knots, and we still needed every flappin' inch of runway available. It was the most fun I've ever had on a takeoff. :-)
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