Most aircraft use about two-thirds of the runway to take off.

This is an Ilyushin IL76 freight aircraft taking off fully laden for an 11-hour flight.

Warm day, no wind… oh and look, no runway left either!

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Tartan
Tartan
5 years ago

Reduced thrust take-off to save on unnecessary wear. The IL76 airplane manual has graphs to calculate the reduced power settings for a set of given conditions. Basically there is reserve thrust available should the crew require more. Nevertheless, doesn’t look safe.

James A
James A
4 years ago

They had plenty of runway behind them before they started their takeoff roll. The most useless piece of real estate for a pilot is the runway behind them.

Bob
Bob
4 years ago

Best Starliftski video ever
..video is years old

Nigke
Nigke
4 years ago

I believe that was in Canberra ACT