747 Almost NOT Taking OFF!!

[Ravi Vardhan]

EVA Air Boeing 747-45EM taking off from runway 36L at Amsterdam, Schiphol, Netherlands. The great timing and angle just makes this shot, and the size of the 747, look surreal. The distance to the fence was 145 meters(475ft)... Yikes!   I wonder if anyone computed the takeoff distance prior to the trip?     This is an amazing picture of a disaster that didn't happen.    From the smallest airplane to the largest, weight & balance calculations are a critical part of flight safety. From the looks of this 747, the weight was within the CG envelope, but if they'd have added one more 'marshmallow' to each snack tray, this BIRD might not have cleared the fence !!!!   From now on me thinks I take the bus!!!

[suket adventure]

Do not forget the Airbus landing at Tambaram instead of Chennai (then Madras) and managing to stop within the runway. Thereafter it took off again from Tambaram and landed at Chennai. Of course, they had to call Airbus test pilots to do that and reduced weight to bare minimum by removing every conceiable piece of useless equipment which included cabin crew as well. Capt. Rajneesh K Mahajan +919868163622 +919619644365 --- On Sun, 27/3/11, Ravi Vardhan <vardha...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Sanjay Sharma]

Dear Flyers,
Being at Tambaram at the moment, I think it would not be out of place to make a slight mend to this information. It was a Saudi Boeing 747 and not an airbus. The link placed below may be interesting to view:-

http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19970604/15550623.html

Regards and happy landings.
Air Cmde Sanjay Sharma