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Departure
Rotate smoothly to the target attitude and hold it, avoiding any abrupt back pressure that pitches the nose up sharply.
What happened: The aircraft bounced on takeoff during the ground roll.
Watch for: Watch pitch attitude and vertical speed for a smooth, continuous liftoff without a secondary bounce.
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Arrival
Roll out of the downwind turn exactly when you reach a 45 degree angle to the runway, not before or after.
What happened: The turn from crosswind onto downwind rolled out at 100° to the runway instead of the 45 degree target. An angle error like this on the downwind turn usually leaves the rest of the pattern skewed relative to the runway.
Watch for: Track angle to the runway during the downwind turn: target 45 degrees, you flew 100°.
The 45-degrees-behind-the-wing cue assumes you can turn your head and use peripheral vision. Downwind spacing cues like "put the wingtip halfway up the strut" assume a fixed, known eyepoint. Neither survives a monitor unmodified. If you fly on a fixed monitor, stop pretending and fly a numbers-based circuit.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,490 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 331 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Sirius aircraft taxied on runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde for departure, using a roll distance of 252 m which represents 10 % of the available runway.
At the take-off, the aircraft lifted off at a speed of 60 kt and entered the climb phase under calm conditions with a temperature of 15 °C, wind 1 kt from 270°, a cross-wind component of 1 kt and a head-wind component of 1 kt.
The left-hand pattern entry was executed from runway 23, covering less than 1 nm in 19 seconds.
Subsequently, the left-hand pattern cross-wind leg also remained under 1 nm and required 23 seconds to complete.
During the pattern downwind turn the aircraft flew a distance of 1 nm while turning to an angle of 101.6° relative to the runway heading.
The downwind leg extended for 2 nm and was flown in 80 seconds.
The base-leg turn covered 1 nm with a turn angle of 48.3° toward the runway.
The base-leg itself was less than 1 nm in length and was completed in 35 seconds.
The final turn to align with the runway was again under 1 nm and took 19 seconds.
On final approach to runway 23 the aircraft approached from the north-east on a heading of 231.0°, at 0 nm distance and 185 ft above ground level.
Landing was achieved on runway 23, whose length is 2,493 m; the threshold speed was slightly below target at 52 kt. Touchdown occurred 333 m down the runway at 40 kt with a descent rate of minus 54 fpm, and the touchdown point was offset by 3.7 m from the centreline. Weather remained temperature 15 °C, wind 1 kt from 269°, cross-wind 1 kt and head-wind 1 kt.
After touchdown the aircraft rolled out along the remaining runway, completing the landing phase without incident.
In total the flight covered 5 nm, lasted 5 (unspecified units), and consumed 0 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde was flown from the north-east on a heading of 231.0° with the aircraft positioned 0 nm from the threshold at 185 ft agl. Local weather reported a temperature of 15 °C, wind 1 kt from 269°, providing a 1 kt crosswind and a 1 kt headwind.
Threshold height was good and the threshold speed was slightly below target at 52 kt.
Touchdown occurred 333 m down the runway, which is classified as good, with a touchdown speed of 40 kt described as good. The vertical touchdown rate was excellent at minus 54 fpm, while the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 3.7 m from the centreline.
Given the high overall score, focus on tightening the lateral alignment to eliminate the 3.7 m offset and fine-tuning the approach speed to meet the target more precisely. These adjustments will bring the already excellent performance to an optimal level.
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