Favourite all time take off was in the jump seat of a Qantas B747-400 out of Honolulu at night. The takeoff was fairly normal, a great view of Honolulu and then straight into the jetwash of a preceeding Air New Zealand B747-400. It felt like the bottom dropped out of the cockpit, quite a violent movenment down and sideways but all over in a few seconds.
My favourite landing was in the Qantas 767 simulator, I did a standard departure from Kai Tak, turning left at the Checkerboard and then climbing out along the hills. About a minute after the turn I was given an engine failure, lots or right rudder to correct the yaw before trimming out and turning back to Kai Tak for the Checkerboard approach. The approach was quite good however touchdown was a little way down the runway and full reverse thrust and braking pulled us up on the paino keys at the bay end. I could hear a tyre or two blow during the braking.
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