Beautiful takeoff from Innsbruck Airport

[TheCali68]

I`m just a laymen but that looks like it could be difficult for a pilot..? Maybe it IS an optical illusion like someone wrote but it did look steep and those mountains look pretty close taking into considration "swing room" and keeping a distance from them...But it DID look very steep...

[FsxCaptainLukas]

Great video! Love the 757, short flight to use it though.

[YmCmbZ]

damn, austria was beatiful

[finnaldinhio1]

thats a really steep takeoff but a beautiful one at that

[sartozzi78]

Monarch is very nice!!

[54spiritedwill54]

Wow, this is so beautiful, and I love the scenery. That's one steep climb as with the angle of earth at takeoff!

[bobduvar]

How to climb mountains in few seconds.... JUST AWESOME INNSBRUCK !!!!

[anticani100]

this is not the standard departure shown in Jepp charts o_O

[xxxks93xxx]

You must be right!

[mutabimus]

I love watching this beautyful takeoff with the NEMO-soundtrack by Nightwish in the background...

very beautyful,

very exciting!

[joshiw94]

very nice video. 5/5

[wiwijo]

Too bad you were sitting over the wing. Nice views nonetheless.

[gav375]

Wow amazing view!

Im going to Innsbruck this winter on a Thomson 757, Ill be sure to record the landing at this stunning airport ;)

[roybatty100]

great clip,would have been even better without the chit chat.

[FrameFreaks88]

oh i thought 757 was to big for LOWI, but maybe teh engine makes it possible! :P

[Aviator1112]

holy frig that was a steep climb! Thats gotta be 25 degrees of nose up at least!

[meherna1]

yeah I thought it was rocket !! haha

[knaphilllee]

The flaps were extended for a long time - and to answer previous - yes it was a -200 as thats the only 757's that MOn operate

[bjwigglworth]

thats a cool video on a very old plane

[sahandmojab]

what airline?

[Wagontour08]

Monarch

[christian031978]

Wow. Great pitch. 20 deegrees !? Great vid.........

[masterpilot94]

20 degrees is nrmal right?

because here at schiphol i see some planes going 20 or maybe a bit lower

[mrfattree]

schipol is notorious

[BD866]

Wow yeah steep climb indeed, I bet they weren't particularly far off the stall speed there! Good pilots, beautiful plane, great scenery. 5/5 mate.

[macsm]

That's a steep climb!

[skypilot20081]

this departure of innsbruck is the easy one;-)flying the west departure...skyeurope since flying to the east had to perform a left turn after first visual portion of flight(passing first mountain ridge on the right)the turn 180 overhead airport to vienna.during 180 turn ,we had 3 different escape manoeuvers depending when the engine failure occurs..same on arrival westerly landing or circling to east runway!All take off with max thrust due obstacle.inn needs specific training in sim and aircraft

[craiglsimons]

I've never seen a commercial aircraft fly so steeply before? 757s are powerful aircrafts but, either there was a lighter payload or Monarch have adjusted their engines to give them more power than usual. Well done for giving some superb shots of the Austrian Alps. 5 stars!

[Leninmarxcastro]

Thanks! Yeah it really did seem a bit strange to me, having only taken off in open areas like Gatwick. I can't image there was a light payload, the plane was full of people and everyone had skiing equipment, so I assume they must have altered the engines or just really fired her up!

Chris

[JeremyKou]

It could also have been because of the short travel distance of this flight. The 757 is capable of flying non-stop from Paris to New York, so it could be possible that this aircraft only needed 25% of their fuel capacity. Now, when you first spool the engines up to full power with the parking brakes on, you can get the most power out of the engines. Just look at the short take-off roll and see for yourself ;) I hope my text is understandable, because I'm from holland.

Greetings, Jeremy

[Leninmarxcastro]

haha thanks yes it was understandable!

Thanks

[abrinson1996]

@JeremyKou Yeah, think your right, because it took a while for the aircraft to start moving once the engines started to spool up. I'd say that the takeoff pitch was between 18-23 degrees. Very nice view.

[AW320]

@craiglsimons Actually what you are seeng is an optical illusion because of the high mountain peaks. Remember the HORIZON is actually at the BASE of the mountains and they are close to the aircraft.

[wagrain2008]

fuck me thats steep

[alicesprings84]

nice video, love scenery, that seemed like a very steep climb!

[Leninmarxcastro]

Yeah it was, there's a mountain in front of the runway so you have to take off quite steep to avoid it :)

[majaorca100]

How awesome, what a beautiful landscape for a take off! Amazing video!

[Leninmarxcastro]

If you listen carefully at 00:41, the tail hits the runway :D.

[albovell]

"If you listen carefully at 00:41, the tail hits the runway :D."

Haha, yeah. :D that'd rock. Actually thats the front wheel dropping to hang free when the nose has pulled up. Always sounds as cool.

[Leninmarxcastro]

Aha! Thanks for that info :D

I can always remember the landing gear being retracted/put down, but I didn't know this happened!

[alexnizcool]

thats not the tail you sucker the landing gear makes that noise on the runway while rotating

[Leninmarxcastro]

Yes...the guy above already explained that :S