Interesting thread.
I'm a novice, so please be gentle.
According to what I've read the KLM and PanAm turned the corner (so to speak) and headed down the runway...close together...right?
Question one. How is it then that KLM manages to reach the end of the runway, turn 180 degrees, wait a period, begin to roll and nearly take-off whereas Pan Am only just manages to reach Taxiway Charlie 4 in the same time period? Was KLM 'hooning' down the runway?
Question two. If he was, why not (get permission first) just simply apply full power and take-off from the right of the illustration/runway. Boeing 747s...no need to look at a windsock...?
Or is it not as simple as that?
Cheers
Graeme.
(Sorry 'bout the Vulcan bomb holes in the runway...hole-punch).
