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Old 27th Mar 2009, 01:17
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BelArgUSA
 
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Acceleration tables - USAF

No acceleration table (that I know of) was ever used with airlines.
The only guys I know who did were KC-135 (B-707 USAF tankers).
They were converting fuel to noise and black smoke with J-57 engines.
Gross weight was 298,000 or 302,000 lbs at takeoff.
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The civilian equivalent of these beasts were 707-120 with "wet" JT3C-6...
And these guys max gross T/O weight was... a mere 258,000 lbs.
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I heard the only other guys playing these acceleration games are B-52 drivers.
With 8 engines, who cares if you blow one during takeoff...?
Runway length "remaining" markers... meant something for these guys.
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I often did rotate in the "red lights", but I trusted my V1/VR speeds.
And still alive in my rocking chair, and reading Ppruner's "how can it be...!"
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