| He climbed aboard the aircraft, started the engines, and was cleared for takeoff. |
| The landing zone is nothing more than a dry lakebed graded to provide demarcated aircraft landing, takeoff and parking areas. |
| With all four of the downed airmen safely aboard, the flight crew made preparations for takeoff. |
| The aircraft then flies over its customers, airdrops its supplies, and returns empty to the source takeoff site for another mission. |
| Because of the heavy ordnance load, he continued with the takeoff, instead of executing a highspeed abort. |
| They were limited only by the takeoff time appointed by air traffic control, and could well have anticipated a delay of, say, half an hour. |
