sassnetguy50 Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 This video is from a flight simulator. In reality, removing pilot reaction time, how much runway would a fully loaded widebody need for a touch and go then to clear another airliner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 ..... I wonder if the pilot's underwear passed that "strain test" ...... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 Not to mention folks in the crossing plane! And where the hell did the other plane think he was going, for a swim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 Runway incursions have been and still are a serious issue. The worst accident in history occurred on Tenerife in 1977, when a KLM 747 pilot (who was also a KLM flight instructor) got impatient and attempted to take off without clearance and a PanAm 747 was still on the runway. Almost 600 people were killed, everyone on the KLM flight and all but 60 or so on the PanAm flight died in the crash. In the flight simulator video, you have to wonder why the Emirates plane is trying to taxi into a lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 Well, that particular "Flight Sim" is so much fecal matter. Based on the touchdown of the A380, that would have been another Tenerife. PLAU ONE for Cypress!! Taxing into a lake?? Seriously?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted August 31, 2023 Author Share Posted August 31, 2023 It doesn't have to be this exact scenario. In the early 90s a controller cleared a 747 to land on top of a turboprop at LAX at night. First responders couldn't tell the turboprop was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 To the OP, it’d take a lot more horizontal space than the video game. If an incoming plane like that actually touched down, there wouldn’t be any go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 6 hours ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: ..... I wonder if the pilot's underwear passed that "strain test" ...... ? Or the "stain" test. 5 hours ago, Cypress Sun said: Runway incursions have been and still are a serious issue. The worst accident in history occurred on Tenerife in 1977, when a KLM 747 pilot (who was also a KLM flight instructor) got impatient and attempted to take off without clearance and a PanAm 747 was still on the runway. Almost 600 people were killed, everyone on the KLM flight and all but 60 or so on the PanAm flight died in the crash. In the flight simulator video, you have to wonder why the Emirates plane is trying to taxi into a lake. Thought those were D-10s. I had been working for McDonnell-Douglas for about six weeks then, and we shut every DC-10 on the planet until they were all investigated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 I was gonna say if the simulator let you do it it should work but then I remembered dad telling me that in its early training stages the sim let's you fly under water if you misjudge your altitude. They programmed fish and stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 Too many variables to make an accurate determination. External variables include; Runway altitude, Air temperature, Barometric pressure, Humidity level, Wind speed, Direction. Aircraft variables; Aircraft weight, airspeed, Center of gravity. Then you have to take into consideration when the pilot initiated the go around? While the ailerons, elevator, rudder and spoilers respond almost instantly; the engines have a spool up time and flaps need time to move. The sooner before touchdown the pilot initiates the go around sequence the less runway it will take. If initiated after touchdown the aircraft will need the greates amount of runway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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