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Every pilot’s worst nightmare
Why all those who can fly watch keenly as a plane takes off
19 June 2025 - 05:00
Anyone who has ever flown an aircraft will, when they see one taking off, stop what they’re doing — even in the middle of a heated conversation — and watch it take to the sky. It’s just what pilots do.
For take-off, along with landing, is the most critical part of flight. It’s also the one that sets flying apart from anything else in the ground-bound misery of human existence — the moment when we defy gravity and slip off the face of the Earth...
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