Originally Posted by
EatMyPropwash
extremely rare, but it's possible. Ever seen a 747-4 takeoff and/or land in 2,500ft.? You would in Afghanistan. They use a short field technique for takeoff and landing. When my student told me the technique to get out of dangerous warzone type places I was pretty impressed and 800k airplane can takeoff/land in that short of a distance...
I can assure you that your student either doesn't work for EZ or is a big story teller. I use almost the entire 10,000ft of runways on a regular basis trying to takeoff. 8,000ft for landings makes me nervous because of the short runways.
2,500ft really?