What's the Deal With the Short Delay?

[EDUC8-or]

What\'s the Deal With the Short Delay?

I was down in SFB the other day and while on tower I noticed connection airplanes call tower ready for takeoff requesting a short delay. We had to wait for several airplanes to land because the Seminole in front of us requested a short delay, tower told them they were cleared but only for immediate takeoff which they declined. Why the request for the short delay?

 

[chrisdahut1]

Re: What\'s the Deal With the Short Delay?

They wanted to do a short field takeoff and wanted a few extra seconds on the runway to hold the brakes.

 

[Lostkpot]

Re: What\'s the Deal With the Short Delay?

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I was down in SFB the other day and while on tower I noticed connection airplanes call tower ready for takeoff requesting a short delay. We had to wait for several airplanes to land because the Seminole in front of us requested a short delay, tower told them they were cleared but only for immediate takeoff which they declined. Why the request for the short delay?

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Thats nothing wait till your in that 172 for 30 mins waiting to take off because theres 10 people ahead of you all requesting short delays ;-)

 

[chrisdahut1]

Re: What\'s the Deal With the Short Delay?

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I was down in SFB the other day and while on tower I noticed connection airplanes call tower ready for takeoff requesting a short delay. We had to wait for several airplanes to land because the Seminole in front of us requested a short delay, tower told them they were cleared but only for immediate takeoff which they declined. Why the request for the short delay?

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Thats nothing wait till your in that 172 for 30 mins waiting to take off because theres 10 people ahead of you all requesting short delays ;-)

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lol 3 min a piece....thats one helluva "short" delay!

 

[Wannabe2]

Re: What\'s the Deal With the Short Delay?

no, a "short delay" is never more than a few seconds, the 3 mins is for ifr spacing...

tower here usually won't give a short delay when there are more than a couple aircraft waiting, and, like they did with the seminole, sometimes not at all.

 

[stuckingfk]

Re: What\'s the Deal With the Short Delay?

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I was down in SFB the other day and while on tower I noticed connection airplanes call tower ready for takeoff requesting a short delay. We had to wait for several airplanes to land because the Seminole in front of us requested a short delay, tower told them they were cleared but only for immediate takeoff which they declined. Why the request for the short delay?

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It was for an engine failure on takeoff demo which is done a 1 a couple seconds after brake release on the seminole.

 

[FO_SHIZZLE]

Re: What\'s the Deal With the Short Delay?

They will also do it for short field takeoff demos as well...give a few seconds to hold the brakes and run up the power.