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Originally Posted by 429
No reason to combat take off in a plane that size, but they require it, and these pilots and crew paid the price.
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Combat takeoffs aren't that close to stall though. You have a best rate of climb airspeed and best angle of climb, one allows you to gain the most altitude in a time period and the other allows the most altitude gain over a ground distance. Both are well above stall speed by 10-20%. And for a plane like that is 20-40kts. So if the plane was loaded properly it would not have been a factor. The main issue is the CG, whether the cargo shifted or was overloaded is another question.