Slight hijack … if you are a pilot then you may know the answer.
I was flying in the far east on many occasions with my father who is an experienced aircraft engineer and we noticed that the pilots, after climbing to certain altitude, level the plane rather quickly. Freak me out a bit and my father commented that the pilots were too quick to level the plane after gaining altitude. For safety reason my father said that the plane should have maintained gaining higher altitude before leveling. We were all flying in Airbus 300/200 with powerful engines but then my father commented the engines would have to work harder at lower altitude (higher altitude safe fuel too) … something like that.
By comparison to BA pilots I was far more confident as I noticed pilots kept gaining altitude for sometime before leveling …
Here are some sample clips that I noticed the plane actually level 3:42 after taking off … you can see the ships clearly …
Another clip …
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9awAUWpmC8[/video]
This one is also rather quick …
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6qy5EP6K58[/video]
In this clip the pilot actually make a turn immediately after taking off … then leveling within 5 mins of taking off …
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl4KkKkEcnc[/video]
So what is the leveling altitude?
Bet this low cost plane get mass produced pilots from some factories …
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