Originally Posted by
Timbo
One time we even got the stick shaker on the initial turn north, while bringing up the flaps, at 265 indicated (yes, we always had to ask departure control for 265, as that was clean speed). When we got to NRT we asked for a load audit. Turns out we were 10,000 over gross...

Clean Min Man on the DC-10 was 292 KIAS at a 590K takeoff - haulin' butt!