Too close for comfort? Ilyushin Il-62 takeoff

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Love the commentary... "Jeeeesus" The Aus controllers are great haha

I wonder is it that their performance calculations are 'tight' but 'acceptable' and then ancient engines are maybe no longer pushing out the same thrust they used to. Then it ends up being damn tight like these videos, maybe? That or Ivan is just crazy

Originally Posted by George Glass

https://youtu.be/ThoZNxy2JZk

Do Russians use the same balanced field length concept as in the West ?
Seems to be a habit.