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Old 10th Sep 2010, 13:02
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downwind concord

Well, as a flight deck visitor (air traffic controller, ppl) I remember we took off from Washington with a 5 knt tailwind component. Used every inch of the runway !!
The bigger problem was retraction of the gear with extremely high brake temperatures. After V2 we dropped the gear again to cool off the brakes.

Dave
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