mazzy1026 & pponting,
I started to encourage it to lift off at around 45 (short-field) but it would have been above 50 before it actually got anywhere. Still surprising how slow the 152 can sometimes be - think I mentioned (maaaany pages back) that we were in a 40-45 knot headwind whilst landing once - GS of the order of 15-20 knots...the term long final comes to mind
Like I said then - good impression of a helicopter we had going on there...!
Leicester Airport:
Leicester Details
Good to see some pruners in these parts sometime in the future.
Whirlybird,
Thanks for the temperature tip - quite amzing the difference a few degrees seems to have. Just for completeness: with flaps 10, I'm taught to rotate at 55, nose down to accelerate to 65 and climb away, flaps in at 300' and then trim for 65 KIAS climb. A friend's currently doing his Air Engineering Technician training in the Royal Navy and will specialise on a Sea King variant. I'll be honest, heloes are pretty alien compared with fixed wing!
Cheers,
V1R