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Old 26th Feb 2017, 06:26
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megan
 
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But watching this plane at 100 feet off the runway all I can say to you pundits is whatever happened was unrecoverable after watching a plane under full control take off so effortlessly with so much power.
Lets wait for the report before making bald statements of certainty.

King Air pilot was telling me of one hair raising take off and circuit he made. Had done the de-ice boot test but didn't notice that the boots had not deflated. Hard to detect visually from the cockpit I think he said, but sure double checks them now. Got airborne, found his hands full, too late to abort, struggled (he really emphasised that point) to circuit height, and landed. Effortless take off under full control? May have looked so to an unknowing observer, but one person was sweating chips wondering if ......

There is so much that can go wrong.
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