Fun fact: most Il-76s lost have been lost either to pilot error or destroyed by enemy action. Only 5 Il-76's have ever been lost to mechanical failure. Furthermore, these planes were designed to take off from and land on shitty runways or no runways at all. They also proved quite survivable to MANPADs and machine gun fire during the Soviet's time in Afghanistan.
I've seen this plane takeoff a hundred times from Bagram and it literally uses every inch of the runway every single time, so this is a pretty normal takeoff actually.
I flew out of Afghanistan on one of these in 2003. The pilot did the same thing and used up the entire runway. I was a passenger- standing looking out of the cockpit. These were built in the late 60's. 40 tonne payload.
1000 was parked right next to us when we reached Bangor, Maine where our flight broke down on our way home. I was like, "hello, old friend. Fancy meeting you here."
That's Canberra Airport in Australia, many years ago. Since then the runway has been lengthened. Also, if you look closely there's a car driving along the road at the end of the runway just after takeoff, the plane passes probably ten feet over it's roof !
Jesus,,,, Now THAT"S using the whole runway.,,,,,,,,, and a bit of the dirt. You gotta love the Aussie sense of humor. Thanks for posting this, Made me get a tighter grip on the arms of my chair and I wasn't even their. Close, about as close as you can get to crashing on take off, without piling up the plane. JEEEEZE!.
Conversely, the longer it’s on the runway, the greater chance it will end up running off the end of the runway! after either trying to discontinue the take-off, or a futile attempt to get airborne. Safety margins are there for a reason, and if anything out of the ordinary had happened (as often does) then this would probably be a recording of a craah
kosiak10851 1:14 "Gonna have to go faster than that, captain." 1:23 "Christ, if I can hear it like that in here..." 1:45 "Well, if I didn't see it, I wouldn't have believed it."
I maybe 6 years late to this comment, but I believe there is a bit of a rule of thumb for this. If you're not at 70% of your takeoff speed by 50% of the runway, you abandon takeoff
LOL, I love reading all these back seat flyers who probably never flew an aircraft before. I'm sure that pilot knew exactly what he was doing. It was fun to watch, thank you for posting.
The commentary, alone, makes this precious. But holy crap... I saw an Il 76 take off from Ohakea once and he was making full use of the tarmac as well...but just not quite as dramatic as this one,
This vid is so cool, very famous in aviation circles...I love that casual australian racisim (especially when they don't know they're doing it)...classic!
Geez those engines look small in relation to the rest of the plane. Of course i'm used to looking at C-17's. Also, I know nothing of avionics so I wouldn't know really, but they do look small.
semperanticus He didn't say they were idiots or struggled to sound it out, he was just saying that they said it funny compared to what he's used to. Chill out man.
Oh wow... If I'm not mistaking, this is Canberra Airport in the early 2000's. I am fairly sure I remember this flying over my neighbourhood as we lived directly below the flight path in the direction that plane flew off in. And the airport isnt that far, on approach they would be at 800ft above my house.
I see a Dime at the end of the runway, wait now it is a Nickle, closer, closer, wait it is Quarter. Closer, Closer it is a half dollar, Closer, Closer, oh shit it is just a manhole cover, fuck it, take off, gear up.
@spencer82rocks The only time the main engine is used on the shuttle is during lift-off to orbital injection. Other than that, it simply glides back to earth after reentry.
See that high terrain in the background? There's the clue for the late rotation. I guarantee these guys COULD have rotated earlier if they chose to, but they performed what is known as a takeoff with "Improved climb" performance. They used the whole runway so they could climb with a safer distance over that mountain. "If they actually were running out of runway and dragged it off in desperation at the end I would have expected a faster rotation to a higher nose attitude."
Its to give the engines time to spool up to full throttle. In a big jet, even if you slam the throttle levers up quickly, the engines still take a few seconds to spool all the way up. This way, the second they start moving they have all of the power they need. If they didnt hold the brakes, they would use up some of the runway before the engines get up to full power.
I burst out laughing every time I hear this "scheet!" Glad to see alive a vid that I added in my favourites 10 years ago when RUclips was not that big as it is today... nostalgic :')
Looks more like a problem with excessive loading and inadequate thrust combining to produce insufficient lift for a decent ROC. They nearly ran off the end of the paved runway - the wing vortices were still so close to the ground it lifted dust from the unpaved overrun area. A lighter payload and higher take-off acceleration would have had them lifting off earlier and achieving a better climb angle - which is what you need to clear the high terrain.
While flying in Tanzania, overweight takeoffs from short bush strips were my worst nightmare. Sometimes, you just forget how much fuel you have, underestimate the wind, field elevation, field surface, temperature, whatever. And this is what happens if you're lucky. I'd love a video of my one takeoff from a muddy strip with a maxed-out Cessna 210 - it seemed like we jumped the berm at end of the runway by less than six feet. My passengers were all smiling and pointing at the crocs in the river...
News just in from the department of aviation - this aircraft was carrying a full load of vegemite and tooheys as it took off, it was due to land in Scotland at Glasgow Airport. The client at this time was Billy Connolly, the famous comedian, who's wife, Pamela Stephenson, is Australian. When this fantastic metal bird did land in Scotland, Connolly and Stephenson were both there to greet it, and also oversaw the giant load of cargo being taken from the aircraft and packed onto 25 trucks.
Seen the same thing happen with a China Airlines 747 cargo plane at Schiphol (AMS), taking off from runway 36L! If you look it up on Googlemaps, it came off the ground at the 3rd arrow on the centerline at the end of the runway. I was nailed to the ground, thought for sure he'd plow straight into the field there!
@StephenTCooney To be honest i do not think taking off or landing is done manually these days anymore. That close of margin for taking off is very dangerous and in my opinion is done by computer. But then again i could be wrong.
Two completely opposing ideas; improved climb performance gives a better rate at a safer initial airspeed, improved terrain clearance is always given from getting airborne earlier, accelerating in ground effect until best climb angle speed and climbing at that. Not only that if they had a higher airspeed than normal rotate speed that small change in pitch would have shot them up, that was a pretty shallow climb out for a jet if they were holding it on the ground.
I am sure that the plane was overloaded. I have seen many times, as the Ilyushin 76 without cargo flies very fast and easy! In the video, the plane accelerates much more slowly.
Its all about thrust to weight ratio for performance and other things such as wing design, leading edge slats etc...That is why you use all runway available, even if you are not lined up perfectly you straighten her out on the take-off roll... Not knowing the weather conditions and altitude of the airport has a big unknown factor to this vid...High airport elevation and high density altitude leads to crappy performance...Thats why there are weight restrictions folks.
@mrworkout79 Well the plane was stuck to the runway, it 's complex but basicly gravity is greater than the lift of the wings, so the power to weight ratio was too low for this airport. The commentator explained that it's due to the planes being fueled by vodka instead of aviation fuel, which has a greater energy content and so would enable the pilot to access more power, however vodka is cheap in russia so it is widely used for many aps
BEST AVIATION VIDEO EVER!! Best quotes: "The vodka burner is rolling" "We have Smirnoff" "Jesus Christ. Shiiiiiit!!" "That's Unbelievable" "I'm running out of film. Gee, I hope I've got enough to film the crash!"
@seahog32 Because pilots like to do the Landings manually. and when there is lets say a lot of fog then the Autopilot can navigate to the Runway and landing. But the pilots still have to do the Speed, Gears and Flaps even when they use Autopilot Landings.
Fun fact: most Il-76s lost have been lost either to pilot error or destroyed by enemy action. Only 5 Il-76's have ever been lost to mechanical failure. Furthermore, these planes were designed to take off from and land on shitty runways or no runways at all. They also proved quite survivable to MANPADs and machine gun fire during the Soviet's time in Afghanistan.
I pay for full runway i use full runway :P
Lol
Why did I read this in Russian accent
Russian: we paid whole runway we use whole runway
Love this bird. The massively loud, whiny engines, the shallow climb angle, the glass nose. Such a fun plane.
I've seen this plane takeoff a hundred times from Bagram and it literally uses every inch of the runway every single time, so this is a pretty normal takeoff actually.
"Vodka burner is rolling."
I flew out of Afghanistan on one of these in 2003. The pilot did the same thing and used up the entire runway. I was a passenger- standing looking out of the cockpit. These were built in the late 60's. 40 tonne payload.
48 tonnes actually !
Pilot: - Hey, Vladimir. Hold my vodka and pickle so i can rotate.
HeHoZy xD
nikolai
1000 was parked right next to us when we reached Bangor, Maine where our flight broke down on our way home. I was like, "hello, old friend. Fancy meeting you here."
That's Canberra Airport in Australia, many years ago. Since then the runway has been lengthened. Also, if you look closely there's a car driving along the road at the end of the runway just after takeoff, the plane passes probably ten feet over it's roof !
Almost didn't get to 88mph!
I wasnt even on the plane and I just shit my pants
капитан- я тебе говорил еще можно ведро черешни взять!!! - а ты не взлетим , не взлетим!!!
It’s an all-time classic.
Jesus,,,, Now THAT"S using the whole runway.,,,,,,,,, and a bit of the dirt. You gotta love the Aussie sense of humor. Thanks for posting this, Made me get a tighter grip on the arms of my chair and I wasn't even their. Close, about as close as you can get to crashing on take off, without piling up the plane. JEEEEZE!.
The longer it's on runway, the greater chance it will have gained enough power to lift off. Safer than lifting off 100m befor the end of the runway.
Conversely, the longer it’s on the runway, the greater chance it will end up running off the end of the runway! after either trying to discontinue the take-off, or a futile attempt to get airborne. Safety margins are there for a reason, and if anything out of the ordinary had happened (as often does) then this would probably be a recording of a craah
braidhaugh Can you or someone else transcript their words at 0:14, 1:00, 1:14, 1:23 and 1:45 ??
kosiak10851 1:14 "Gonna have to go faster than that, captain."
1:23 "Christ, if I can hear it like that in here..."
1:45 "Well, if I didn't see it, I wouldn't have believed it."
god I love my country
I maybe 6 years late to this comment, but I believe there is a bit of a rule of thumb for this.
If you're not at 70% of your takeoff speed by 50% of the runway, you abandon takeoff
un-buh-loo-v-eh-bow
haha, good: we have smirn-off!
LOL, I love reading all these back seat flyers who probably never flew an aircraft before. I'm sure that pilot knew exactly what he was doing. It was fun to watch, thank you for posting.
The commentary, alone, makes this precious. But holy crap... I saw an Il 76 take off from Ohakea once and he was making full use of the tarmac as well...but just not quite as dramatic as this one,
V1, rotate....
sir..
rotate?
ROTATE
This vid is so cool, very famous in aviation circles...I love that casual australian racisim (especially when they don't know they're doing it)...classic!
"We have Smirnoff!" XD
Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful flight! Unbolievuble!
Excellent video! That pilot certainly wanted to see the full length of that stretch of tarmac!! Love the rolling comments too :-)
And he is going to make very light turns for a very long time.
I'm running outta film, I hope I've got enough to film the crash
bruh savage loool
wonder when V1 call was made
Bet it was at first third of the roll/runway !
That plane is such a beast.... its brave like one too.
nice vid, love the commentary about that flamin'galah :)
Geez those engines look small in relation to the rest of the plane. Of course i'm used to looking at C-17's. Also, I know nothing of avionics so I wouldn't know really, but they do look small.
Yup look like b737 engines lol
Avionics are the electrical/electronic equipment fitted to an aircraft. Engines are NOT avionics.
Vodka burner :)
jeeesus chroist!
ah man, i love accents! :D
"If I didn't see it, I wouldn't have believed it." -That sums it up nicely.
I’m back to rewatch for the 10th or so time. It’s been a couple of years since last time, so better watch it twice at least.
He was hauling my mother-in-law.
jesus chraawist, shiet! lol
semperanticus He didn't say they were idiots or struggled to sound it out, he was just saying that they said it funny compared to what he's used to. Chill out man.
That is the whole of Russia!
I've seen them that myself at a different airport, and yeah, that was scary then too... so glad someone caught it on film! Thanks for sharing! :)
Oh wow... If I'm not mistaking, this is Canberra Airport in the early 2000's.
I am fairly sure I remember this flying over my neighbourhood as we lived directly below the flight path in the direction that plane flew off in. And the airport isnt that far, on approach they would be at 800ft above my house.
0:14: That's a big bear
Want to try that on an aircraft carrier? =(÷
Ну а хули вы хотели-то
5 years later. I still can't get enough of this video! "We have Smirnoff!"
I love the Aussie sense of humour. Nice one, cobber.
over loaded planes
OMG!!! I am still shivering in my chair ...
I see a Dime at the end of the runway, wait now it is a Nickle, closer, closer, wait it is Quarter. Closer, Closer it is a half dollar, Closer, Closer, oh shit it is just a manhole cover, fuck it, take off, gear up.
the guys talk have really good humor. I like that.
Haha I love the banter in the background, as good as the takeoff itself
@spencer82rocks The only time the main engine is used on the shuttle is during lift-off to orbital injection. Other than that, it simply glides back to earth after reentry.
Very very exciting video !!! Thanks !
Excellent, thanks for the upload LOL, enjoy your work.
Got to love the Aussie sense of humor, joking about plane crashes from a controll tower... hey atleast they arnt asleep.
Great video. I was near the runway when I was deployed when one of those took off and it was loud as hell.
Pilot knew what he was doing, he was just messing with them lol
See that high terrain in the background? There's the clue for the late rotation. I guarantee these guys COULD have rotated earlier if they chose to, but they performed what is known as a takeoff with "Improved climb" performance. They used the whole runway so they could climb with a safer distance over that mountain. "If they actually were running out of runway and dragged it off in desperation at the end I would have expected a faster rotation to a higher nose attitude."
This is at the Canberra airport in Australia.
The runway is 9387ft long and the airport is 1886ft above sea level.
Average temperature 67 degrees.
I've watched Antonovs take off from Kandahar all the time. It always looked like they would never get off the ground.
Definitely one of my favourite videos.
Its to give the engines time to spool up to full throttle. In a big jet, even if you slam the throttle levers up quickly, the engines still take a few seconds to spool all the way up. This way, the second they start moving they have all of the power they need. If they didnt hold the brakes, they would use up some of the runway before the engines get up to full power.
That's one heavy bird!
Your the first comment on this video!
I burst out laughing every time I hear this "scheet!"
Glad to see alive a vid that I added in my favourites 10 years ago when RUclips was not that big as it is today... nostalgic :')
Every few months I come back to this video. Its still EPIC! "We have Smirnoff!" Hahahaha
I love the controllers' conversation!
Tower to aircraft: Sir are you taking off? Aircraft to tower: I will let you know in a minute.
Looks more like a problem with excessive loading and inadequate thrust combining to produce insufficient lift for a decent ROC. They nearly ran off the end of the paved runway - the wing vortices were still so close to the ground it lifted dust from the unpaved overrun area. A lighter payload and higher take-off acceleration would have had them lifting off earlier and achieving a better climb angle - which is what you need to clear the high terrain.
While flying in Tanzania, overweight takeoffs from short bush strips were my worst nightmare. Sometimes, you just forget how much fuel you have, underestimate the wind, field elevation, field surface, temperature, whatever. And this is what happens if you're lucky.
I'd love a video of my one takeoff from a muddy strip with a maxed-out Cessna 210 - it seemed like we jumped the berm at end of the runway by less than six feet. My passengers were all smiling and pointing at the crocs in the river...
News just in from the department of aviation - this aircraft was carrying a full load of vegemite and tooheys as it took off, it was due to land in Scotland at Glasgow Airport. The client at this time was Billy Connolly, the famous comedian, who's wife, Pamela Stephenson, is Australian. When this fantastic metal bird did land in Scotland, Connolly and Stephenson were both there to greet it, and also oversaw the giant load of cargo being taken from the aircraft and packed onto 25 trucks.
Soviet cargo wunderwaffe! It can land even on a grass or soil run way! Earlier version had an armament - 2 automatic 23-mm guns. Very good plane!
The captain maximizes his resources. Nice one...
Thumbs way ups. Thanks for the upload ! ! !
Seen the same thing happen with a China Airlines 747 cargo plane at Schiphol (AMS), taking off from runway 36L! If you look it up on Googlemaps, it came off the ground at the 3rd arrow on the centerline at the end of the runway. I was nailed to the ground, thought for sure he'd plow straight into the field there!
Very good upload. Thanks.
I have seen this a million times and everytime I see this I just can't help but laugh. Vodka burners!!!! we have sminroff!!!
@StephenTCooney To be honest i do not think taking off or landing is done manually these days anymore. That close of margin for taking off is very dangerous and in my opinion is done by computer. But then again i could be wrong.
Two completely opposing ideas; improved climb performance gives a better rate at a safer initial airspeed, improved terrain clearance is always given from getting airborne earlier, accelerating in ground effect until best climb angle speed and climbing at that. Not only that if they had a higher airspeed than normal rotate speed that small change in pitch would have shot them up, that was a pretty shallow climb out for a jet if they were holding it on the ground.
I am sure that the plane was overloaded. I have seen many times, as the Ilyushin 76 without cargo flies very fast and easy! In the video, the plane accelerates much more slowly.
The Wake Turbulence on that thing must be crazy lol
It would certainly make for an interesting passenger flight!
Thanks for putting "it" in the description box otherwise I wouldn't have seen anything.
thank u for not completely suking at filming like everybody else on utube
No worries at all mate. That Capt had it in the bag. On second glance... not so sure. Great footage.
The vodka burner is rolling. We have Smirnoff. That's unbelieeeevebble. I LOOOOOVE Aussies.
unruffled calm and assurance of success in cabin
Its all about thrust to weight ratio for performance and other things such as wing design, leading edge slats etc...That is why you use all runway available, even if you are not lined up perfectly you straighten her out on the take-off roll...
Not knowing the weather conditions and altitude of the airport has a big unknown factor to this vid...High airport elevation and high density altitude leads to crappy performance...Thats why there are weight restrictions folks.
We pay for all, we use it all! This pilot must have really big Balls...
Any pilot will tell you that runway behind you is of no use!
Memo to self - DON'T buy a house near the end of this runway.
Thanks for sharing this
@mrworkout79 Well the plane was stuck to the runway, it 's complex but basicly gravity is greater than the lift of the wings, so the power to weight ratio was too low for this airport. The commentator explained that it's due to the planes being fueled by vodka instead of aviation fuel, which has a greater energy content and so would enable the pilot to access more power, however vodka is cheap in russia so it is widely used for many aps
LOL... "don't have enough to film the crash"
That's messed up but funny as hell at the same time. Amazing they got that fat bird off the ground wow!
And THAT, little Jimmy, is how you use an airstrip to make a bacon strip! :-)
BEST AVIATION VIDEO EVER!!
Best quotes:
"The vodka burner is rolling"
"We have Smirnoff"
"Jesus Christ. Shiiiiiit!!"
"That's Unbelievable"
"I'm running out of film. Gee, I hope I've got enough to film the crash!"
For those who do not know, it depends on the weight of the aircraft.
Wow! Talk about near the knuckle!
@seahog32 Because pilots like to do the Landings manually.
and when there is lets say a lot of fog then the Autopilot can navigate to the Runway and landing.
But the pilots still have to do the Speed, Gears and Flaps even when they use Autopilot Landings.
@flightfreak100 - im pretty sure this is Richmond Airforce Base, Sydney
Those pilots are tough nuts. I bet they were singing all the way.
were there hundreds of elephants on board?
The runway is longer than necessary in case of emergencies. NOT for leisurely take-offs!
was that at canberra airport? you can see the dirt fly up around the wing just as the aircraft lifts off