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Maintain the centreline
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,904 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,904 m of the 2,403 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 522 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Douglas DC-3 began with a 13-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway, covering a distance of 3 nm. The departure roll took place on runway 19 at LZPP Piestany, with a takeoff distance of 400 m, which was 20% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 68 kn. The local weather at the time of departure was 20 °C, with a wind speed of 14 kn coming from 150 °, resulting in a crosswind of 9 kn and a headwind of 10 kn.
Once enroute, the climb started overhead Piestany and lasted 5 minutes, during which the aircraft ascended from 1,552 ft asl to 5,454 ft asl, covering a distance of 10 nm. The subsequent level cruise phase began 4 miles east of Hlohovec and lasted 14 minutes, covering 36 nm. The descent phase started 6 miles southwest of Svaety Anton, during which the aircraft descended from 5,498 ft asl to 4,686 ft asl in 2 minutes, covering 6 nm. A second level cruise phase followed, starting 2 miles west of Krupina and lasting 8 minutes, covering 12 nm.
The landing occurred on runway 18 at LZSL Sliac, with a runway length of 2,403 m. The height at threshold was 46 ft agl, and the speed at threshold was 75 kn. The touchdown point was 521 m from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 64 kn and a VSI of -91 ft/m. The local weather at the time of landing was 18 °C, with a wind speed of 5 kn coming from 182 °, resulting in no crosswind and a headwind of 5 kn. The total landing distance was 1,801 m, which was 75% of the runway length.
After landing, a 2-minute taxi from the runway to the parking area was conducted, covering less than 1 nm. The total flight distance of the journey was 79 nm, with a total flight time of 143 minutes. The flight consumed 157 kg of fuel during the journey.
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