AMA Continental Express CRJ-200 take off Amarillo

[TrainSounds]

Where were you flying to?

[020808]

IAH Houston Intercontinental

[abooboo4u]

The runway length at Amarillo Airport is...13,502 X 200 feet wide...one of the longest in the country...it was built as a large B-52 base in the 1950's and is one of a few that when the 747 carries the space shuttle back to florida, is used to land and fuel the returning 747 and cargo. Also it was built with the B-36 in mind which used alot of runway (loaded) before the four jet engines where added at the end of the wings giving it the nickname "6 turning and 4 burning" ..Fats-Amarillo,TX

[Keagkid]

41 seconds to get airborne.

[flyguy0507]

Maybe it took so long to takeoff because the captain didn't use full throttle. Usually if there is a long runway they try to save some fuel, whatever the reason being, it's still really cool. You have very nice fotage of all the COEX Crj200s and not too many people have that yet. Good job!

[HeyMarks123]

no this isnt expressjet its chautauqua operating as coex on the crj200. they took over some of xjets flying in iah

[burningcow422]

doesn't expressjet run jungle jets as opposed to CRJs?

pretty sure this aint a crj regardless of the airline

[020808]

I give up!!! Desc says what it is. It is a CRJ. All u got to do is look out the window!

[gezelle007]

i know ive never seen a continental rj b4.

[vac4042]

it's an RJ lol, you can easily tell by the wing.

[peakster753]

@burningcow422 this particular flight is operated by Chautauqua as opposed to ExpressJet under the Continental Airlines brand (which they did for a time)

[Naim356]

wow that was long

[Stepclimb]

CHQ dispatch TLR defaults to flaps 8 unless the rwy length is less than approx 7000ft. A/C weight only dictates the V1,Vr,V2 and Vt speeds. The only way to depart flaps 20 from a long runway is to request it ahead of time from dispatch so the data will show up on the release....

[rhino18]

Looks like a slow climb out too. Must have been a hot day.

[congaleader2000]

where were you going? that was a long T/O roll, however "triple 7's" can take off pretty quick.

[020808]

There is only one place we can go and that is Houston. Almost everytime I take a trip on Continental I have to go to Houston. If not Houston its off to Newark.

[blakman7]

CRJ-200's have no leading edge slats. No slats at all for that matter and plus it has a very short wing so rotation speeds are going to be high or else the plane would never get off of the ground.

[congaleader2000]

I knew that, Im sure it isn't but when you put it that way, sounds like a design flaw or better said a "performance penalizing design flaw"

[mezzanoitaliano]

@congaleader2000 Anything can take off pretty quickly if it's not heavily loaded.

[spinplate1]

Flaps 8 takeoff in the CRJ vs. Flaps 20 are very long and have a high rotation speed. You were probably full or pretty close to it. That would be one reason for a flaps 8 takeoff. Flaps 8 are used only if flaps 20 reduced or normal thrust flaps 20 cant be done. (usually because of weight reasons)