"G.R. Patterson III" wrote

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The second is a phenomena called "ground
effect". When very close to the ground (within about 1 wingspan) an
aircraft will
climb at a lower speed than it will higher up. A careless pilot who gets
the nose too
high may climb well for a couple of wingspans and then find that the plane
isn't
going fast enough to keep climbing. In extreme cases, planes have been
known to
descend back to the runway again. This is, at best, embarrassing.
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George Patterson


Anybody have a clue what would be happening, if an Airliner took off,
settled back to the runway, and took off again? Mis-calculated rotation
speed? Seems hard to understand, to me.

Recently happened to a niece of mine, but not a knowledgeable flyer, so no
more details to be had.

Any confessions out there? ;-)
--
Jim in NC


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