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Old 1st May 2011, 22:54
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J.T.:

This was in the pre-splay days. 300 feet each side of centerline. It was the book OEI track, which made it weather independent.

The procedure, as I recall, was a flaps 5 takeoff, which made it easy to obtain the required KIAS, something on the order of 170 or 180. You began your 15 degree banked turn on an ILS DME fix then held the bank until you achieved the heading that would hopefully take you out of Dodge.

I believe the 727-100 with an engine failure just above V1 would cross the physical end of the runway a fair amount higher than 35 feet. But, to retain that margin the airplane was weight limited on a warm day.

So far as I know, it was never used.
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