Thread: Airliner chat

This is a brand spakers 777 freighter. I don't get what all the taxiing about is... but at 2:30 he guns the thing and does a high power low weight take off. 25 seconds after giving it the berries and all wheels are in the air!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXexaRwIF_I"]YouTube - FEDEX N850FD[/ame]

Contrast that with this 747 taking nearly 50!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylnAtBKNMKo"]YouTube - Boeing 747 takeoff from San Francisco International[/ame]

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

Contrast that with this 747 taking nearly 50!

I was in a 747-400 at LHR en route to Singapore, and our take-off roll standstill to VR was 52 secs. (I know I'm a little overweight! )

Cheers,

Lionel

Depends how much load the 777 is carrying, Fed Ex's operating procedures (full power take offs or not) etc.

A mate gave me the following photos of an air transport problem in Accra that happened last year. It is a transport plane that was being loaded. The palletized cargo on rollers reached tipping point, came loose and the whole load shifted to the rear, with the following results:







Ooops! Always someone around with a camera when you stuff up.

I hope it can be said that I have had something to do with aviation....06 - 08 I had rebuilt and maintained the dirt airstrip servicing the military base at Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan.

Also managed a contract on a Russian Mi26 flying logistics in and out of the province...an interesting period of my life.

I ran into a professional photographer, Sjoerd Hilckmann, over there. He was engaged by the Dutch government to make a pictorial account of the operations there. I met him due to the fact he wanted to photograph my helicopter...and....scab a ride in it. He gave me a host of really great quality photos to download.

All these photos have been taken between Tarin Kowt, Kandahar, and one in Kabul...enjoy Sjoerd's photos...of my backyard:

A C17 having unloaded on the TK airstrip at what we call Thr30...the top end:







They are big 'mothers'.....six Bushmasters at a time...or two Abrams...or..I have seen 2 x Blackhawks loaded in one:









A Dutch Apache flying relatively high over Uruzgan...there is another one close at hand...they only fly in 2's.



This is a C130 coming in hard and low, flying tactically on it's landing approach on TK:



Apaches making approaches on the weapons range at TK:











The 'business end' of an Apache. These shots were taken on the rotary wing ramp down at Kandahar:







A Dutch C130 landing on my airstrip:





There is a more comprehensive collection of photos and accompanying story across on my thread 'Employment Opportunities'. Just thought these were appropriate here.

A C17 from the USAF Air Mobility Command landing on the airstrip I maintain at Tarin Kowt. This is the only dirt strip in the world that currently has C17's landing on it:



C17's taking off. 200tonne of Aircraft, capable of carrying 200tonne....powerful.

In case anyone has been living under a rock today

787 maiden flight.

I love the way the wings curl up when airborne.