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I've seen similar takeoffs on shorter fields with certain variants of C-130s. The pilots there knew what they were doing, but they had to deal with all the runway they had available even though that aircraft only needs 60% of a normal runway to get off the ground. However, when the runway you are working with is only 50-60% of a normal runway... Now, as I said above, a C-130 needs very little runway with a normal load, but was often used to land on grass airstrips in remote locations or sometimes just a flat area of ground that wasn't a runway at all. Still, perhaps not the best example of a plane needing to use a lot of the available runway, since usually it didn't need hardly any at all and those examples that I have seen could hardly be called runways! lol Here is a recent video showing a lot of runway being used, but due to the angle I can't tell just how close he was to the end: Check out the extremes it could do on this site: http://www.military.com/video/aircraft/military-aircraft/c-130-performs-extreme-demo/1336078645001 Some C-130s were sometimes equipped with rocket pods that would assist in take-off (and in landing) so that the runway didn't have to be very long at all. Assault take-off and landings with an C-130 are quite the sight to see. They've even been known to land and take off from a carrier (at least in trials).

I am sure they knew exactly how much runway it was going to take as they nearly drove into the grass at the end of the runway as they turned around for take-off.

Wow! You're younger than I thought! lol

And it was his last flight as a Thunderbird member from my understanding.

My 23 year old son, TheShawtgun was linked this video by a friend of his. Watch the first few minutes of it. AngusKhan21 is TheShawtgun, everyone else you should recognize.

hmmm, I don't remember owning a wife-beater tee-shirt!

I am not surprised at all.

These guys aren't bad either:

Some of us are playing this already.

A good one!

That was very well done.

I played for an hour and a half last night and never crashed. Saw no jitter or anything except my 315P on the landing platform did a small dance. This is on my antiquated rig with just a first gen I5 750 and a GTX 570 video card with 12 gb of ram.

Oh my! This is the better Pringle Birthday thread. Happy Birthday Pringle, hoping it was a good one.

I did.

Hope it was a good one 'Tard!

I'm late, but I hope you guys had a great one!

Today for lunch, I said "fortunately peanut butter"!

I'm sure he has dipped down for a little Senorita Pussy-cat action! Don't think he isn't aware of that south of the border action!

Big car refers to size, not pollutants. Poor MPG relates to efficiency of burn as it relates to revolutions of the engine, not number of pollutants expelled. Now, poor MPG could mean that there are more pollutants released, or it might not. MPG does relate to rate of consumption of a fossil fuel that MAY be a limited resource (probably is a limited resource, but some recent evidence shows that there is more of that resource than once thought and the limits of it aren't at the point of concern yet) which could be wasteful of that fuel, but environmentalists and the EPA aren't concerned over wasting fuel. In fact, if it were wasted to the point of the resource tapping out, they'd be happy. I agree with Zath on the ethics issue. That is the problem I have with it. All that said, as long as the 4x4 is meeting regulatory standards, why should anyone have a say as to whether I "need" the 4x4 or not. That is my decision. Even if I don't use it at all, perhaps I need it as a contingency? I can't stand the idea of someone wanting to decide for me if I need something or not. That is the antithesis of freedom and a core concept of communism! I know you weren't proposing that Zath, only making an observation.

I don't think big cars are a problem and I certainly wouldn't classify those cars as BIG. Thirsty cars yes, BIG no!

I'm sure it didn't go over well when you texted her a picture of your raised middle finger by accident! Next time make sure you are taking a photo of the correct appendage!

Thanks for the well wishes!

Breakfast: Everything Bagel with cream cheese with chopped veggies. With a tall glass of whole milk and a tall glass of grape juice!