Bill Greenwood wrote:
Looking at the photo you see a steep nose up attitude with some right bank, and the airspeed is likely low since the gear and some flaps are down. I don't know much about flying big airplanes( some doubt I know much about small airplanes or anything else) however I wonder what happens if an engine, especially the right one, fails suddenly. Does the pilot smoothly lower the nose, level the wings and clean up the gear and make a safe single engine climb? They must know the answer from practicing this at altitude, before doing it for real don't you think?
I've got over 2000 hours in Boeing 757s and I can tell you if it's light on fuel/payload, it has what feels like fighter-like excess thrust. Even at max gross weight out of Denver in a hot summer day it's performance is impressive. Loaded up heavy, we rarely used full rated takeoff power, but used a reduced thrust settings (increases engine life and reduces risk of failure on takeoff). If the aircraft is light on payload/fuel and lost #2 right after liftoff doing a steep climb like the RZNAF dude, he'd have to quickly and simultaneously lower the nose, input left rudder, and reduce power on #1. He'd still have excess thrust/energy and plenty of rudder authority to keep it from rolling right/inverted...just better not dilly dally on corrections if he loses one at such a high angle of attack. The 757 is still one of my favorite airplanes to fly--looks great, flies great, responsive control feel, very sporty for such a big piece of iron.
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