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To: shotgun
Here is what I usually hear.............

"Tower, November blah, blah, blah, Mike, ready for takeoff, runway niner left".

"November blah, blah, blah, mike, you are cleared for maximum performance takeoff, report ten thousand feet".

Forty seconds later, .........

"Tower, ten thousand feet"

"November blah, blah, blah, mike, contact departure @ 128.yaddah.....And thank you for making our day."

"Tower, departure @ 128.yaddah, and you're welcome"

12 posted on 02/03/2016 9:31:25 AM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: blackdog

That’s cool. I worked on a lot of airports both civilian and military. The loudest planes I was ever around were Navy EA6-B’s at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station. I always assumed it was because they use maximum thrust for takeoff. The base had 2 -8,000 foot crosswind runways but they only used 1,000 feet on each end to replicate carrier landing/takeoffs. The worse times were at the beginning of each month when they would get their fuel store filled and every plane was constantly going up. Toward the end of the month when fuel was in short supply they would only have a handful of planes going up so those day were great.

At Kfalls (10,300 feet) the Air Force F-15’s would roll about 5-6,000 feet before lift off and landings they would take the whole 10,300. The F-15’s were very quiet by comparison.


13 posted on 02/03/2016 9:51:49 AM PST by shotgun
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