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"I want to thank you guys again for giving me the best training available. I feel confident that I could work for any airline in the world - guaranteed."
P.D. Sep-Oct 99 graduate

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"The Morris Family and Sheffield School have been in Aviation longer than any other school around. My classmates who are now working as dispatchers have told me that they know more and are better trained than other dispatchers from other schools. Sheffield does not in anyway just "crank-out" dispatchers; you will have to work very hard. If you want to be a Dispatcher, go to the best school, SHEFFIELD."

T.L., Sheffield Graduate, 12/2/97

 

 

 

FAA Aircraft Dispatcher Knowledge Exam

MODEL DC-9
TAKEOFF SPEEDS
JT8D-1 ENGINES

TAKEOFF SPEED - 20 DEG. FLAPS
EITHER NO ICE PROTECTION OR ENGINE ICE PROTECTION ONLY
TAKEOFF WEIGHT (1000 LB)
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
V1 (KNOTS, IAS)
104.0
110.0
115.0
120.5
125.0
129.5
133.5
136.0
VR (KNOTS, IAS)
106.5
112.5
118.0
123.5
129.0
134.0
139.0
143.5
V2 (KNOTS, IAS)
117.0
121.5
126.5
130.5
135.0
139.0
143.0
147.0

 

CORRECTION TO SPEEDS
 
V1
VR
V2
AMBIENT
TEMPERATURE
AND
AIRPORT
PRESSURE ALTITUDE
0
SLOPE PER 1%

UPHILL = +1.5 KNOTS*
DOWNHILL = -1.5 KNOTS
UPHILL = +.9 KNOTS
DOWNHILL = -.9 KNOTS
0
WIND PER 10 KNOTS
HEADWIND = +0.30* KNOTS
TAILWIND = -.8 KNOTS
0 KNOTS
0
ENGINE AND AIRPLANE ICE PROTECTION
+0.8 KNOTS
+0.8 KNOTS
0

FIGURE 47 - DC-9 - Takeoff Speeds

 


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