Originally Posted by
WAFP
One of my favorite momemts flying the LJ35 was taking off on a cool fall morning, getting an unrestricted climb to 10,000 ft, holding the brakes, watching the engines spool up, popping the brakes, watching the airspeed needle race by 60...80...100..110, lifting off the deck, pushing the nose over to keep it at about 20 ft, get the gear and flaps, seeing the airspeed race towards 270 kias, "Here we GO!", pitch for a constant 250 kias and peg the VVI......
Brake release to 10,000 ft in 1min 6sec!
I'll never forget that morning!
A GV will peg a 6,000 FPM rate of climb indicator (EFIS) with 10,000 pounds of fuel, 5 pax + bags, 80 degrees at sea level and normal procedures applied. Nothing special, just climb at 200KCAS while in the Class D and you're climbing better than 6,000FPM.
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