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Old 10th Aug 2012, 06:49
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Originally Posted by DeltaV
I'd say that isn't enough. 70% speed at the halfway mark more like, but one of the problems with what we saw in the clip is, where is the halfway mark? The terrain seemed so endlessly flat.

Pilot DAR's suggestion of timing sounds good in such a situation though here in Britain we're usually more constrained by strip length than anything.
Actually that was a typing error on my part.

What I meant to say was half flying speed by 1/3 down the runway, airborne by 2/3.

My error.

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