SAS MD-82 impressive 'zoom' climb

By flugsnug
Published on 27 Mar 2013

I'm convinced that SAS have secretly fitted afterburners to the Pratt & Whitney JT8D engines on their MD-82 aircraft. With all that smoke, noise and awesome 'vertical' climbs from the runway surely reheat is the only possible explanation?

This is flight SK2534 on its way to 60,000 feet from runway 33 at Birmingham Airport BHX.