On a flight from KPSM to RAF Mildenhall one cold wintry morning in a KC-135, I was asked to make a water injection takeoff to make sure the system was functional. OAT was somewhere around 25° F and we were light. Runway was covered with packed snow and ice.
A static takeoff was made but when the thrust increased rapidly as the engines took water, the nose rose to such a degree, even with full down elevator, that I had almost no nose wheel steering authority.
Fortunately, I had just enough rudder control to keep us going straight but, in retrospect, I should have immediately pulled back the throttles and aborted the takeoff.
Stupid things you do when you're young and inexperienced...
Last edited by wanabee777; 20th Mar 2016 at 22:55.