Short Final…

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Key Takeaways:

  • A Flightstar aircraft, having landed extremely short, was taxiing slowly past a waiting Air Asia 737 when the Tower instructed it to expedite.
  • An Air Asia pilot humorously interjected, suggesting that if the Flightstar went any faster, it would "be flying again," highlighting its low 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.

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