Wonder what they do when there's buildings at the end of the runway... http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/2008-2-9-Il76-in-Australia.wmv
1 posted on
06/01/2010 9:06:42 AM PDT by
Doogle
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2 posted on
06/01/2010 9:06:55 AM PDT by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
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1 blade of grass tolerance!
My reaction was the same as the guy filming it!
4 posted on
06/01/2010 9:11:41 AM PDT by
freedumb2003
(The frog who accepts a ride from a scorpion should expect a sting and the phrase "it is my nature.")
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One million pounds PAYLOAD????
Not even close to that.
Maximum TakeOff Weight is around 350,000 pounds. MTOW includes the aircraft, fuel, crew, lunch boxes, beverages, and . . . . .. . payload.
6 posted on
06/01/2010 9:19:59 AM PDT by
skeptoid
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Pretty terrain. Where is that in Australia?
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Good grief. Not exactly a lot of margin for error there. I think the only reason the front wheel came up is because it went off the edge of the runway apron.
13 posted on
06/01/2010 9:49:28 AM PDT by
Little Pig
(Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
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“The vodka burner is...”
lol!
16 posted on
06/01/2010 10:09:13 AM PDT by
CodeToad
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great line: “we have Schmirnoff”
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Wonder what they do when there's buildings at the end of the runway... During the Cold War our KC-135 Tankers on EWO Alert were so loaded that on a hot day the tires would peel up the painted stripes on the taxiways as they were towed to the Alert Ramp.
The joke of the Alert forces was the first tanker off on a MITO would clear out the GCI antennas and the trees so the others would be able to get off the ground safely and the uplift of the burning aircraft and fuel would help.
18 posted on
06/01/2010 10:38:18 AM PDT by
OldMissileer
(Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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“Wonder what they do when there’s buildings at the end of the runway...”
They wait until the temperature is cooler and they have a headwind.
19 posted on
06/01/2010 11:27:04 AM PDT by
Blood of Tyrants
(The US will not die with a whimper. It will die with thundering applause from the left.)
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Any takeoff you fly away from is a good takeoff.
20 posted on
06/01/2010 11:36:33 AM PDT by
Cheburashka
(Stephen Decatur: you want barrels of gunpowder as tribute, you must expect cannonballs with it.)
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