Originally Posted by
Mesabah
You 737-900 guys have balls of steel. I think I'd crap my pants on that take off roll. Saw one today just get off the ground prior to reaching the numbers on the opposite side. I know it's all calculated, but whoa.
There have been a few times where I'm looking at the speed tape then the end of the runway, speed tape/runway, speed tape/runway wondering if its gonna work. I wonder of there is an equation for so much speed to go before V1 versus so much runway remaining.