pulling full flap on take off, must tell you this story.
when i was a very raw ppl a chap who lived over near hereford talked me into landing in a field called english bickenor. the rally coped admirably but the field was nothing like i had ever seen, there wasnt one level section.
i said to him how the fxxxk am i going to get out of here. its easy he said. we push the a/c up the the last bit of the hill into the corner of the field. you select full power and when you get some speed up i pull on full flap. sounded like he knew what he was talking about so i gave it a go.
the top of the field was at an alarming angle and to say i was scared would be an understatement.
we bounced across this field with the hedge coming up very quiclky. just when i thought for christ sake do something, i heard a little voice say " i cant get the flap on". there was no airspeed on the clock but i pulled back on the stick anyway. we sailed over the hedge and landed in the next field, continued the take off and got airborne. that was thirty years ago and i have never been into a short field since.
still friends with alf benjamin though!!!!