747 takeoff on a short runway........INSANE!

[ct_hvac_tech]

This 747 takes off on an exremely short runway. Man, this is CRAZY!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CXkSQW3xul8

[zzonko]

landing
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tF-PZpaFVOc

takeoff
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IkAaQzX-kzk

JATO assisted

[BaldLoonie]

I'd be a little nervous standing at the end of the short runway with that monster coming at me!

I remember 10+ years ago flying down to Tyler TX to the Trane plant in a chartered 727. Biggest plane to ever land at Tyler at the time. Fire vehicles standing by on the runway just in case. All the buzz at the factory was our flying in!

[oroy54]

I will go by car or boat.

[James 3528]

What is the big deal. At that angel you can't tell anything and it had to land before it took off.

[oroy54]

I have been watching to much "Seconds from disaster".

[bluestone]

Saw a C130 do a rocket assisted To at the Albany Co. air show in NY a few years back, blew my mind, and my eardrums.

Standing over 1/2 mile away and it was the loudest most amazing thing I have ever seen ( that includes a Blue Oyster Cult/ Black Sabbath concert) 200' rollout and off the ground at 50+ degrees

[otto]

The aircraft takeoff would not be possible without the catapults that are steam driven. It all comes back to who makes the steam.
If you ain't a BT you're just a passenger.

[oogene]

yep, yer right otto, but don't forget the most important passengers-the dispersing clerk and the cook !!! no passengers; no food & no pesos

[RoBoTeq]

This 747 takes off on an exremely short runway. Man, this is CRAZY!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CXkSQW3xul8

Pretty balsy. Not much room for error.

I've been in jump planes that have actually dipped downward after the end of the runway because the runways were a bit short. DC-3's are good for that because being a tail dragger, they can quickly recoup their lift.

[RoBoTeq]

landing
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tF-PZpaFVOc

takeoff
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IkAaQzX-kzk

JATO assisted

The C-130 is known to be a pretty good STSL (Short Takeoff Short Landing) aircraft. Still, I'll bet that carrier was moving along pretty good when that big bird landed on it.

[RoBoTeq]

I'd be a little nervous standing at the end of the short runway with that monster coming at me!

I remember 10+ years ago flying down to Tyler TX to the Trane plant in a chartered 727. Biggest plane to ever land at Tyler at the time. Fire vehicles standing by on the runway just in case. All the buzz at the factory was our flying in!

True story; just last week had a company owner who went to the Goodman factory one week and the Trane factory the next tell me he is going to be buying Goodman because he will never fly into Tyler, TX again. He was stranded at the airport due to problems with the plane he was supposed to leave on and he had nothing to do.

[lbf]

I'd be a little nervous standing at the end of the short runway with that monster coming at me!

I remember 10+ years ago flying down to Tyler TX to the Trane plant in a chartered 727. Biggest plane to ever land at Tyler at the time. Fire vehicles standing by on the runway just in case. All the buzz at the factory was our flying in!

Hey BL, I was on that flight also, I remember looking out the window as we came in and thinking the wheels wern't going to clear the fence. Small world.