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A340 Take-offs

Seb146 From United States, joined Nov 1999, 6344 posts, RR: 23
Posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 976 times:

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LH has been flying PDX-FRA for about 6 months now. Our first A340! *yay* We also have KAL Cargo (744), Air China (742), CLX (744), UPS (767/757), FedEx (DC10/A310), Airborne (767) and BAX (DC8). Compairing all of those, LH seems to pass Hayden Island (about 3 miles) at a lower altitude and does not seem to climb much. I only see the 340 twice a week but each time I do is the same. Is this a 'normal' feature of the 340 or is it just weighed down more than the cargos? HA 767s and DL 767s don't seem to have that problem either.

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ConcordeBoy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 1, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 954 times:

both of the Classic A340 models are well known to take off with the sensation that someone needs to get out and push.... so what you're seeing is normal Big grin

The A340NGs seem to have a good bit more spunk

QANTAS747-438 From United States, joined Jan 2001, 1102 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 692 times:

A340s take off like wet blankets. I flew a VS A340 LHR-LAX and as we were taking off, I thought something was very wrong, since we were not climbing too much... rather we were going forward more than lifting. But then I remembered from A.net hearing that the A340 had wretched take off performance. So yeah, this is normal.

Positive rate From Australia, joined Sep 2001, 2143 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 688 times:

I'd imagine that would screw ATC around a bit with their sequencing. Having an A340 depart in front of say a 757 or 767 on the same route would be a problem i'd imagine.

Rick767 From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2000, 2662 posts, RR: 59
Reply 4, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 656 times:

"I'd imagine that would screw ATC around a bit with their sequencing. Having an A340 depart in front of say a 757 or 767 on the same route would be a problem i'd imagine."

Why? They climb just as fast, if not faster, than a 757 (in terms of forward speed). The 757 would be unlikely to catch it up even if the routing were identical.

If it did catch up it would be several thousand feet higher and so not really a separation issue.

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