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Old 15th January 2026 | 15:44
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70 Mustang
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From: north of Harlow and south of Cambridge
Caution wet paint and area of black tire deposits…

Did a rolling start in Seoul years ago after being asked by tower if I would accept an immediate takeoff due to inbound 747.
looked easy enough during the turn, I brought the engines up, and as luck would have it, the left engine (outside of the turn) spun up rather sooner than the right engine and we started sliding toward the right side of the runway and I could find no traction at all. Went right to the edge of the runway before getting any turning capability back to the center.

with my not knowing whether I had hit a rwy edge light and not knowing if I would have felt it, I requested to abort the takeoff and return to the gate.

as it turned out, our main gear had perfectly went around a rwy edge light just up to the edge of the pavement and the pathway was visible for all to see on the right side rwy at Kimpo airport. 🤣
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