take off rev hold

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Originally Posted by chris lz

Circumstance: date Jan 1996, TWA 767-200


I am trying to see if anyone can shed light on my memory, which could be all off as it is now very vague, and 25 years ago. It was I believe a somewhat wet or foggy evening at Logan Airport. The pilot announced he would be using a different take off technique than usual. I'm not sure but my memory is he was going to rev the engines to the maximum planned take off thrust before releasing the brakes. I can't remember what the reason was except something to do with either fog or wet runway. Could this make sense?

Thanks

Were two of you Boeing test pilots? I am sure there are procedures in place for 767. If it's not there you just don't do it at least not in today's times. Doing on wet runway is useless as it brakes will slip and depending on which side slips first you can land up in soup.