sj
Staff member
Northwest Arkansas
For many years, Sparky Imeson's Mountain Flying Bible has been a resource for a lot of pilots. For some time now, the crux of this work has been available on-line right here.
I bring this up because I have read several threads recently where people are questioning their ability to get in our out of here and there in their airplane. A number of Sparky's rules of thumb are great to know for these situations.
One of my favorites is that if you have not reached 70% of the rotation speed by 50% of the runway, you better not attempt the takeoff - this applies to all kinds of runways and all kinds of conditions. Handy to know.
Unfortunately, Sparky was killed in a plane accident in 2009.
This is, of course, not the definitive source for information, your POH is.
sj
I bring this up because I have read several threads recently where people are questioning their ability to get in our out of here and there in their airplane. A number of Sparky's rules of thumb are great to know for these situations.
One of my favorites is that if you have not reached 70% of the rotation speed by 50% of the runway, you better not attempt the takeoff - this applies to all kinds of runways and all kinds of conditions. Handy to know.
Unfortunately, Sparky was killed in a plane accident in 2009.
This is, of course, not the definitive source for information, your POH is.
sj