Auto Take Off
Hi
I tried searching the web for information on two topics that have been puzzling me for a long time (but had no success, maybe you guys can help).
1) Does any Commercial Airliner have an auto takeoff facility? Somebody mentioned the L1011 to me once (it wasn't the guv either!).
If not, why not?
2) I read a book once, perhaps it was "handling the big jets", however I recall the published date as 1974.
This book had some pics inside the cockpit of a BOAC 747-100/200, and in between the pilots just in front of the throttles was a very large vernier type dial named "SLEW" - what did/does this do???