Il-76 Heavy Take Off Viewed from the Tower

[Panop]

Check out this Azal Avia Cargo Ilyushin Il-76 freighter (just) taking off from Canberra, Australia, fully laden for an 11 hour flight on a warm day with no wind and EXACTLY the right amount of runway!  They don't get any closer!  You'll hear the "off air" reaction from inside the Tower!

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=aWtdtuspnoM

A bit of googling revealed that Azal Air Cargo have "only" had one major accident -  another Il-76 that crashed in China in 2004 after a refuelling stop - "Reports indicate the aircraft had extreme difficulty becoming airborne, reaching an altitude of only around 500 feet before crashing into a farm approximately 2 miles from the airport."  Not much learnt from that one I think.  See details at:  http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=05182004&reg=4K-AZ27&airline=Azal+Avia+Cargo

[dan9125]

That was crazy...i like the Australian accent when he says "holy sheet" !

[laylow]

Heh, vodka burner.

[KASWspotter]

I dont have enough film left to film the crash! That was just nuts.

[moto400ex]

I dont have enough film left to film the crash! That was just nuts.

Haha that was funny.  Heres another.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gn_pOS6cRGw

I think Illyushin (or however you spell it)  needs to modify it max T/O weight and performance charts unless they just teach the russian pilots to rotate just before they go off the departure end of the runway. 

[moto400ex]

Ohh yea and a video section to this forum might be nice.

[KASWspotter]

That was a cool vid as well Moto. Sam Chui has a pic over at Airliners.net of an IL-86 or 96 thats like that as well. I'll see if i can dig up a link to it. I do agree as well that a vid section might be pretty cool.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Vaso-Airlines/Vaso-Airlines/0995911&photo_nr=25&prev_id=0252881&next_id=0632272

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?id=321482,312682

[an124]

Yea... it's a bitter truth for russian flyers to overload a plane and operate without V1, Vr at all , sometimes it caused a tragedy

[Panop]

First prize - one free flight in an S7 Airlines Il-86.....Second prize - two free flights in an S7 Airlines Il-86....Third prize - a lifetime free pass to fly in S7 Airlines Il-86s (no insurance included)!!

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6174819&nseq=2

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6067585&nseq=33

[beechsundowner]

Ohh yea and a video section to this forum might be nice.

I agree as I got a lot of my own flying videos from ATC communications grabbed off of here to instrument approaches, flying in IMC startup, shutdown, landings and the like.

ATC ones are

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=mwAG5W6aV6A IFR arrival into 2G2
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3FWfIq3uYI IFR departure out of 2G2

I am N1943L in the above two clips.

Hope others enjoy them and share them with others!

Allen

[eppy]

Here is the antithesis of that video clip.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b6d_1203640939

This plane could easily take off within the length of the IL-86!

[Gordon]

"Cleared for Smirnoff" haha classic!

And damn! Think the captain forgot about density altitude for a wee bit?  Bet the vodka was pouring out of him on the last few hundred feet of the runway.

[chaoszero]

Should come up with a another term for "heavy"

[an124]

term for "crazy"

[RedOct]

It may have been a very hot and humid day. Here's a 747 in the same situation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feGZ4l5fk4Q