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LCY has a short runway and particularly strict noise limits, it’s not especially obvious that fast aircraft would be able to operate from it.
by achamayou 9y ago
LCY has a short runway and particularly strict noise limits, it’s not especially obvious that fast aircraft would be able to operate from it.
- pasta 9y agoWhen an aircraft is fast in the air it doesn't mean it has to be fast at the runway. For example the takeoff and landing speed of a F16 is almost the same as any other commercial plane (~270 km/h).
- dzhiurgis 9y agoYou are comparing apples to oranges. Takeoff speed of similarly sized plane to F16, Cessna is around 100km/h. Concorde's take off speed was 400 km/h. Delta wings don't have same amount of lift, hence higher speeds.
- pasta 9y agoI was only replying to the fact that you cannot tell by top speed what runway is needed and what sound it makes.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoSimilar? The F16 is about twice as long (49 feet / 15 meters) a Cessna (28 feet / 8.3 meters) and weights about 8.5 times as much unloaded: Cessna 2200lb / 1000kg and the F16 18,900lb / 8,570kg.
- pc86 9y agoA Cessna 172 is in the 1700lb range empty.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoYeah I looked at a few Wikipedia entries and decided to use a number at the higher end in an effort to not appear to be cherry picking.
- dzhiurgis 9y agoFair enough. A bit larger, but lighter (17.68 m, 12,850 lb) Learjet 45 has landing speed of 200 km/h.