Spoke with my cousin who flys a 767 and the critical element is V1 speed=2E= The problem for the crew on the Comair flight would have been that the the= y would have configured the take-off for a 7,000 ft runway, not 3,500 that they were actually on=2E So even if they had tried to abort before V1 they= would not have had enough runway anyways=2E He gave me a link which explai= ns take-off speeds and performance http://www=2Eaerospaceweb=2Eorg/question/performance/q0088=2Eshtml Original Message: ----------------- From: Gerard M Foley gfoley@columbus=2Err=2Ecom Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:44:10 -0400 To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV=2ECUNY=2EEDU Subject: Re: Comair CRJ100 Down in Kentucky The intersection of runways 22 and 26 at Bluegrass Airport, Lexington,=20 KY is 38d02m24=2E29s N, 84d36m04=2E44s W=2E It is reported tape recordings have crew of Comair flight and tower=20 discussing taking off from 22 but the aircraft departed from 26=2E Any pilots have opinions on the choice of a sure crash by aborting=20 against the chance of flying at inadequate speed=3F Gerry http://www=2Epbase=2Ecom/gfoley9999/ http://www=2Ewilowud=2Enet/ http://home=2Ecolumbus=2Err=2Ecom/gfoley http://www=2Efortunecity=2Ecom/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt=2Ehtml http://foley=2Efoleypages=2Enet/~gerry/=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web=2Ecom/ =2E