Virgin Atlantic Airways A340-600 lifting off @ LHR

[610sk8er]

haha lifting off?

[IntellectualStation]

"Lifting off" hahaha it's Take-off in this day and age dude

[zakd45]

lol "lifting of"

[dubaigareth]

what seat number was this?

[VirginTrolleyDolly]

Over wing exit.

[Dougaryisnotgay]

aircraft always take off with their flaps down at different possitions depending on the length of the runway, the weight of the aircraft and weather!

[jamiedavey21]

i have to say i think the flaps are fully deployed. when i fly i always see the flaps half way

[Shakemagroovethangg]

well it can depend how heave the plane is. If the plane is full, and maby today it has some extra luggage to take, nd its going to sydney etc, it will need more fuel as well, thus increasing the weight, nd the runways at heathrow arnt really that long, so instead of setting flaps to 10, maby he set it to 20 etc? but im not sure if its full

[Avalonze]

He is a pilot, he knows. And jetsonic before posting comments about something you don't know, look it uo fyrst in a book or something. :)

[FatAssProductions]

hahhaha stop acting like you know what your talking about, clearly he knows what hes doing.

[jetsonic]

I cant believe this idiot pilot lifted off with his flaps down, omg you were lucky to have survived that.

[sandeept]

what are you on about, pilots always have flaps down on take off, thats what creates the lift.

[philltowns]

Yeah.  Most aircraft take off with their flaps down part of the way. Without the flaps, it would take a lot more runway to get airborne.

[jaydub919]

What a moron.

[sadnane]

Yeah jetsonic you made me also wondering why did he lift off with thrust set to FLX 39°

[ginger1345ginger]

my dad works for virgin as a pilot actually and he says that by the looks of it the 'idiot pilot' would have been stupid not to!!!

[Shakemagroovethangg]

they always set flaps to at least 10!!

[CTN4527]

Airbus has only flaps 1, 1+F, 2, 3 and FULL.

[Shakemagroovethangg]

im more of a boeing pilot so ill take your word for it. But doesnt 2 or 1+F stand for 20 degrees or 10?

[CTN4527]

It's probably not same on all Airbus, but for A320, i think it is: Flaps 1 is only slats 18 degrees, Flaps 1+F - slats 18/flaps 15, Flaps 2 - slats 22/flaps 20, Flaps 3 - slats 22/flaps 26 and Flaps FULL - slats 27/flaps 35.

[CTN4527]

And btw, it's not a requirement that they will always takeoff with flaps at least 10. Takeoff's are performed with flaps 5 and 15 also. It all depends on runway length, airport elevation, aircraft weight...

[Gamestar11]

10 lol this isnt boeing