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• n  a departure; especially of airplanes
• n  the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne
• n  a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
• n  humorous or satirical mimicry

• Many a pilot has known the rump-tightening sensation that comes when an engine quits on a takeoff.
• Pan American's Flight 843 waited at the end of the main runway at San Francisco's International Airport for takeoff to Honolulu.
• As he prepared the engine for takeoff, Marty's adrenaline may have surged a bit.

• parody
• lampoon
• spoof
• sendup
• mockery
• burlesque
• travesty
• charade
• pasquinade
• put-on

News & Articles

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• Family surprises WWII pilot with ride in vintage plane
  BURNET — Retired Air Force Capt. Arnold Cook’s eyes were glued to an aircraft used during World War II as crews checked the engine for takeoff.
  June 16, 2013 - Killeen Daily Herald
• Mission No. 22: Son experiences flight with father
  The engines on the B-17 rumble to life one after another. The smell of smoky oil filters into the radio room through the bomb bay doors. Overhead, cables vibrate like strings on a cello. The vibration intensifies and the plane lumbers forward to the runway. Before takeoff, the pilot stops the plane and puts it at full throttle. The massive propellers rock the plane. The plane is then thrust down ...
  June 16, 2013 - The Joplin Globe
• Japanese carrier's Boeing 787 has engine problem
  Japanese carrier's Boeing 787 has engine problem TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese carrier's Dreamliner had engine trouble before takeoff Wednesday, a day after a rival airline had a problem on another 787 plane. The All Nippon Airways flight was scheduled to go from Ube to Tokyo's Haneda airport but the right-side engine would not start, airline spokesman Yoichi Uchida said.
  June 15, 2013 - seattlepi.com

Quotes

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• Kate Linder in International Herald Tribune
  I stopped breathing and started crying,Linder said. "The captain of the plane then went on to announce after takeoff that I was getting my star and the flight passengers applauded."
• Sankar Chatterjee in Forbes
  Gliding would not be a problem, it would be the takeoff, that is the main limiting factor,Chatterjee said in a telephone interview. "In the mountains, takeoff was not a problem, but sooner or later it would come to the plain."
• Mitt Romney in CBS News (blog)
  The fellow in the seat in front of my wife put his seat back during the takeoff procedure,said Romney, who said he "tapped him on the shoulder and reminded him" that the seat had to be upright for takeoff.