I vividly recall seeing a RAF Tristar shred a layer of tarmac out of the Bangor, Maine runway! This occurred at rotation and left a large, but not particularly deep hole, in the top layer of tarmac, neatly exposing an earlier runway tarmac layer below.
Originally Posted by
Smythe
(on a side note, its called a tail number.....)
Actually, I beg to differ - this is an aircraft registration. Tail numbers are more commonly associated with military aircraft, and the term is well-used, for example, in the USA military because the aircraft identification
is a number and is almost always on the
tail (fin) of the aircraft.