A 2006 study found that the average American walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found that Americans drink an average of 22 gallons of beer a year. That means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles per gallon.
That looks like a hack from the Angolan AF. I suspect they didn't hit their RPM/ EPR numbers to the FE told them to abort the TO. Slammed on the brakes and lit one on fire.
You can see the Pilot slamming the control back and forth in one part of the video. I assume out of anger/frustration and not control failure? There sure seemed to be a lot of people in orange safety vest wathcing the takeoff for some reason?
A 2006 study found that the average American walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found that Americans drink an average of 22 gallons of beer a year. That means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles per gallon.
I've been trying to track down reliable information about the event since I first received the link to the video several days ago. Simon Hradecky, over at The Aviation Herald reports that the aircraft (registration D2-FFR) was operated by Alada Empresa De Transportes Aereos, an Angolan airline, on behalf of DHL. Simon's report says that the RTO at high speed was due to burst tires. Kieran Daly includes some information about the Cabinda runway in his Unusual Attitude blog, on the Flight International website, and adds that "on this occasion everyone gets to walk away," -- always good to know!
This old coot is still in service; spotted at Luanda on 13th July 2009
It looks to me that this particular aircraft used to be in the russian air force because of the antennae on the tail....like an Il-22 bizon maybe. Does anyone know?
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