Boeing 747-200 Short field Take Off

Video of a reduced thrust take off on an empty ferry sector from Ostend to Hahn. Aircraft weight around 185 tons, flap 20 and EPR 1.39 giving a performance margin in excess of 100 tons.

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Travel & Events

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• B747
• Ostend
• short field
• take off
• high rate of climb

[offinatrance]

Balleka, you've got some great videos. What was the take off weight and wind speed/ direction for that flight (if you happen to remember).

[Balleka]

Take off weight was 185 tons or there a-bouts, so 25 tons of fuel. There was quite a strong wind roughly 20-25 kts but pretty much straight down the runway.

[bhava380]

wow tht was kwl. Kinda suprised u fast forward in the end, wish it went all the way until landing then slow it dwn again for the land. +5

[Balleka]

Yeah that was the plan but i have miss-placed the second half of the video. sorry

[haustan123]

whats the landing distance when you landed in Hahn roughly ?

[Balleka]

We normally modulate the braking to use most of the runway on landing. The 200 has steel brakes which are prone to heat up with heavy use. Hot brakes then means we have to wait for them to cool down before we can attempt the next take-off.

[BrustoderKeule50]

WOW Awesome :)

[ukraver001]

@Balleka you're video's are spot on. wow

[duknilch]

@hamham500 takeoff roll is very short, did you actually watch the vid?! it's amazing!

[hibypass]

luv that great turbofan resonance starting at about :48 :)

[HDMSFlight]

What was the song towards the end?

[drummerkid69]

nice south african accent there guys, kan julle my verstaan hie boet?

[prizman]

think what nice feeling that its to be a pilot and just go up the trough the clouds

[jeppniz]

what was the V1 speed?

[cmtenuno]

Awesome vids.. keep making them cool