Originally Posted by Ottopilot
Yesterday, in the 757-300 (260,000lbs) out of Vegas, my rotation speed was 169 kts. I was thinking to myself, "dang, that is fast for Vr."
The highest V1 I had was out of Vegas...Going to Manchester England...V1 192...VR was 197...V2 204...Flaps were 2 degrees....It didn't look fast because the cockpit sits 20 feet high on the 10...But the Mass felt fast and so did the end of that 14,000 foot runway!