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Old 5th Jun 2015, 09:52
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Where is the fun ? I think many of us have experienced the extremes in flying from severe turbulence to storm penetration to severe weather landings, go arounds from missed approaches etc.

Carrying PAX and you have a different challenge as most PAX are nervous of flying or want as smooth a flight as possible and that then becomes the challenge.

You avoid the lumps of cumulus, change levels to get out of upper air turbulence and do everything possible given the conditions to make the flight seamless.

building to maximum power against the brakes and then being pinned to the seats by the acceleration might be great for us but not so great for nervous PAX
Ok short runway you have to do that but do you have to do that on a Heathrow type runway.

Hence that " experiment " on a very long runway with a Seneca Five and a takeoff with cruise climb setting. the takeoff roll was smooth the climb smooth with no power changes until cruise altitude . Ok it was just an experiment and not a modus operandae
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