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I know in combat zones military cargo planes haul ass at much steeper angles than commercial flights because comfort is not an issue. Mostly to get out of rock
by joncrane 6y ago
I know in combat zones military cargo planes haul ass at much steeper angles than commercial flights because comfort is not an issue. Mostly to get out of rocket/missle range. Even small arms fire can damage engines.
on 9/11 it would have made sense to tell everyone to strap TF in we're going out hot!
- criddell 6y agoI just searched for it and I found a story about Air Force One that morning in Sarasota: https://www.jacksonville.com/news/20160904/anderson-morning-of-911-on-srq-runway https://www.jacksonville.com/news/20160904/anderson-morning-... > Air Force One — the 747 that transports the President of the United States — took off in an unconventional direction and climbed nearly straight-up, like a rocket, at 8,000 feet per minute in the direction of the Gulf of Mexico. No one had ever seen such a steep and urgent ascent. That's quite a trajectory for a 747.
- joncrane 6y agoNice detective work!
- svachalek 6y agoWow, interesting. I used to work as a civilian for the Navy and if you needed to get to another Navy base you could usually hop on whatever plane was headed that way next. Kind of a fun experience and I thought they tended to take off more aggressively than commercial flights, but nothing like that!