Short Final...

Short Final…

Editorial Staff

Sunday, February 12, 2006 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

A Flightstar pilot landed a small aircraft in an exceptionally short distance and was then taxiing slowly past a waiting Air Asia 737.
Air traffic control instructed the Flightstar to expedite, to which the pilot responded by increasing ground speed.
An Air Asia pilot humorously commented that if the Flightstar went any faster while taxiing, it would be flying again, highlighting the small aircraft's low takeoff/flying speed.

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High-speed taxi … or low-speed takeoff.

I landed in the first 150 feet of a runway in a Flightstar (Vx = 40 KIAS) and was taxiing past the main taxiway where an Air Asia 737 was waiting…

Tower: 9M-EAU please expedite.

Me: Wilco, 9M-EAU. […while acclerating to about 15 knots on the ground.]

Air Asia Pilot: We can wait, sir. If he goes any faster he’ll be flying again.