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Old 25th Nov 2012, 15:26
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AS GF F/o I was trained by BA on the L1011 in 1975/6...
For a LV takeoff... We were to use full thrust to increase and enhance centre line light visual reference streaming effect..if fog thickened during the take off roll then pilot visual reference distance naturally shortened and pilot reference distance became reduced and eventually was naturally inside the cockpit.
Now the HSI heading reference and localiser were scanned... plus centreline guidance was also available from the displayed PVD streamers previously tuned to the runway ILS and displayed by pushing the Toga switch.
For a rejected take off the sequence of scanning was reversed from inside the cockpit to outside the cockpit and runway centre line lights used as speed was lost. I never saw any pilot loose the centreline by very much during a below V1 speed rejected take off with a wing engine problem or a problem that required stopping the take off.
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