...by the way, this is a little bit personal. As a bad ass 35 hour student pilot, I was shooting stop and goes in a 172 on a 3000 ft runway with a 500 Ft displaced threshold on both ends due to terrain and obstructions.
The idiot pilot forgot to turn off the carb heat... It didn't feel right, but then again, it seemed on target...I got to flying speed and kind of drug over some houses with barely ok clearance...as I FINALLY got to pattern altitude, there was the damn carb heat...I'm glad I maintained airspeed, but there were voices suggesting a little more pull up.
Right or wrong, I think I know what the Air Florida guys were thinking... it feels wrong, but we ARE accelerating... seems like we'll make it, we always have before.
So, Bobby, that's nothing compared to your experience, but then again, it's kinda sorta exactly what were discussing (although no one told me a seconds to 40 knots figure to use.)
The idiot pilot forgot to turn off the carb heat... It didn't feel right, but then again, it seemed on target...I got to flying speed and kind of drug over some houses with barely ok clearance...as I FINALLY got to pattern altitude, there was the damn carb heat...I'm glad I maintained airspeed, but there were voices suggesting a little more pull up.
Right or wrong, I think I know what the Air Florida guys were thinking... it feels wrong, but we ARE accelerating... seems like we'll make it, we always have before.
So, Bobby, that's nothing compared to your experience, but then again, it's kinda sorta exactly what were discussing (although no one told me a seconds to 40 knots figure to use.)
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