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The darndest thing ATC ever saw (Read 689 times)
Nov 12th, 2010 at 7:12am

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An F-4 pilot requested clearance to take off from a joint military/civilian airport, but due to the amount of civilian traffic the ATC told him he’d have to hold.
After a repeated impatient request by the F-4 to take-off the ATC suggested that if the pilot could reach 14,000ft within half the runway length he could take off; otherwise he would have to hold.
To the ATC’s surprise the F-4 pilot acknowledged the tower and began to roll. At the halfway mark the F-4 went vertically up until he reached 14,000ft, then levelled off.
The ATC had no option than to hand the pilot over to departures and wish him a nice day, since he’d met the conditions laid down.

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Reply #1 - Nov 12th, 2010 at 9:27am

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Funny joke, but the Phantom is not known for its climb performance.  An F-22 could probably do it.
 
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Reply #2 - Nov 12th, 2010 at 11:03am

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DaveSims wrote on Nov 12th, 2010 at 9:27am:
Funny joke, but the Phantom is not known for its climb performance.  An F-22 could probably do it.

Wikipedia says the F-4E can climb at 41000ft/min, so 14000ft, nearly straight up might not be too much of a stretch.

Regardless of accuracy, funny story. Grin
 
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Reply #3 - Nov 12th, 2010 at 5:06pm

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Actual performance data: Clean F-4J, NAS North Island, Runway 18, Approx 15,000 ft altitude over Point Loma, about 2-2.5 miles down range travel.
 

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Reply #4 - Nov 20th, 2010 at 5:35pm

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Cheesy CheesyOh Well..Point made! Smiley Smiley Smiley
 
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