I was shown this at Bourn a couple of years ago, those that know the man will get the picture immediatly.
End of runway 01? two fat blokes in a Cessna 152. backtracking for all we are worth, at the piano keys we turn onto runway heading, drop FULL flap, put on full chat, pull the yoke into our beerguts and wait. Oh I forgot, I had to hold L******'s cup of tea.
the wheels left the runway in an ridiculously short time at a ridiculously low speed and we then played with the yoke keeping the groaning cessna about 6 - 12 inches off of the deck. As the speed eventually built up we started to climb out of ground effect and were soon able to retract some flap.
"There you go boy, a short field/soft field Take-off"
[This message has been edited by New Bloke (edited 23 November 2000).]