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Old 18th Jun 2010, 19:10
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in other words at what altitude do you select up speed and retract flaps on shedule! and i am talking about airports with no noise abbatment procedures published
That really depends on the equipment and operation.

One airplane I fly, in one type of operation, cleans up at five feet AGL. Other types, at 400' on climbout. When doing noise abatement, typically a thrust reduction at a thousand, and acceleration and cleanup beginning at 3,000. With an overwater departure and no noise issues, often climb thrust set at a thousand and the acceleration and cleanup begins at a thousand.

Generally the acceleration is done during a five hundred or thousand foot per minute climb.
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