Re: Another Airbus down ....

"Dave" <davenpat@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
news:qLWdnc7w8bYxJdbXnZ2dnUVZ8sVi4p2d@bt.com...
> Brian Morrison wrote:
>> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:56:17 +0100
>> Dave <davenpat@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Brian Morrison wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:22:34 +0100
>>>> Walt Davidson <g3nyy@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> overran the runway after aborting the takeoff well above rotation
>>>>> speed.
>>>> That's what V1 is for, any problem at or above that speed and you take
>>>> the problem into the air.
>>> So what is V2 about then?
>>
>> Minimum safe speed after rotation to maintain a positive climb rate,
>> see here:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_speeds
>>
> Many thnaks for that Brian. it was an area that I never had to go into in
> aircraft development.
>
> Dave

Just looked at that link

Its harder to remember than the Q codes by far.
WELL DONE pilots

de Johnny G3LIV
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