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Old 16th Jan 2017, 02:03
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The story of a a USAF crew carrying an ICBM from an airfield to re-work facility that wound up in the weeds due to a bit of confusion over the weight of the missile and crew coordination re Throttles is a good one.

Seems the manifest weight did not include the transport trailer.

Per cockpit drill the hands shift from Pilot to Co-Pilot to Flight Engineer went awry when the throttles crept back a tad as the Co-pilot took hold....and as the Captain decided the slow acceleration was due to that minor flaw....simultaneous to a rapidly approaching end of the Runway prompted the Co-pilot to reach for the Gear Lever so he could be quick with raising the gear.....as the Flight Engineer got hold of the Throttles while sensing there was not enough room left to get off the ground....said Captain yelled...."Takeoff Power!"...which the dutiful Flight Engineer did!

The terminology was changed to be "Maximum Power!".
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