EL-AL From Israel, joined Oct 2001, 1132 posts, RR: 5 Posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 2323 times:
Hey Guys,
Last month I been to Athens, Greece, flying TLV - ATH so as ATH - TLV with Olympic Airways B734.
On the way back I noticed something for the first time. The pilot was taxing us to the western runway, and AS HE WAS STILL TAXING the pilot pushed the engines to full power, while the 734 was not yet on the runway!
There is a 90 degrees turn between the taxiway to the runway, and I noticed (I was sitting on a window seat) the the plane moved to full throttle engines mode while still turning to the runway, not on the very end of the turn but most of the 90 degrees turn was done while the engines worked full power.
Later on, the jet was on the runway and took off immediately, without stopping on the runway.
This is the first time I saw such a thing.
(I flew on sunday night, April 22nd 2007, ATH-TLV, SX-BKB with OA as said)
"In our country, those who do not believe in miracles are irrational" - David Ben Gurion.
Philb From Ireland, joined May 1999, 2915 posts, RR: 14 Reply 1, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 2287 times:
! it is unlikely that for take off on such a trip that full power would be used unless the circunstances were exceptional. Most airlines, for reasons of economy, don't use full power on take off.
2. A rolling take off which involves turning onto the runway and increasing poewer to the take off setting whilst lining up and then continuimg the roll into the take off is by no means unusal. It is done when traffic is heavy or the aircraft taking off is tight on time for its slot. The crew will have performed pre take off checks and will be happy with the engine performance prior to turning onto the runway - I've even been on widebodies that have done this, particularly in the USA.
3. It would be impossible for you to tell what the power setting was at anytime from a passenger seat. Also, most aircraft use greater power setting to get them around corners.
OA260 From Ireland, joined Nov 2006, 25118 posts, RR: 60 Reply 2, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 2245 times:
Quoting EL-AL (Thread starter): Later on, the jet was on the runway and took off immediately, without stopping on the runway.
LOL....the Greeks dont hang around !!! This happened a few times on my LHR - ATH flights . You dont seem to stop and it seems like they are on full power but its not really on full power just seems like it. Makes for a good take off though!!!
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Sfuk From Canada, joined Sep 2005, 152 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 1905 times:
Welcome to Greek aviation!!
I was flying from LHR - ATH last summer. It was on the late night flight, was meant to leave LHR at around 22.30
For whatever reason we were delayed for about 20mins. They must have been on a tight schedule because before the last few passengers were sat down the doors were closed and we'd started our pushback!
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