Apologies whilst I hijack this thread (oops, maybe not the best choice of words), but how many out there have experienced a rejected takeoff?
In maybe 400 flights, I once suffered the ignominy during what should have been a domestic flight in Tunisia. The 737 spooled upto V1, rotated, then promptly smacked back down hard and began to vibrate like hell under severe braking. I dont think I was alone in thinking we were crashing.
Those up front presumably knew they had a problem and were hoping it would disappear, we taxied back round and tried it all again with the same result!
Back to the terminal, and we finally got away at the third attempt after a 2 hour fix of some issue with the nose gear. Happy days
Cooch