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MY FS FLIGHTS
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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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,737 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 712 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Douglas DC-6B began with a taxi to runway 24R at CYHU Montreal/St-Hubert, with the distance from parking to the runway being less than 1 nm and the duration of the taxi being 12 minutes. The departure roll on runway 24R at CYHU involved a takeoff distance of 3,174 ft, which was 47% of the runway length. The liftoff speed during takeoff was 110 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 59 °F with a wind speed of 1 knot coming from 269°, resulting in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 1 knot.
The enroute portion of the flight included several climbs, descents, and level cruise stages. The climb started 2 miles north of Brossard, Quebec, and ascended from 3,368 ft asl to 8,094 ft asl over a distance of 11 nm in 4 minutes. The level cruise then started 3 miles west of Saint-Damase, covering a distance of 80 nm in 27 minutes before beginning a descent 2 miles south of CSM3 Thetford Mines, decreasing from 7,986 ft asl to 7,388 ft asl over a distance of 2 nm.
After a brief level cruise, the flight climbed again 1 mile north of CSM3 Thetford Mines, reaching 7,934 ft asl from 7,430 ft asl over a distance of 2 nm. Another level cruise segment followed, covering 3 nm in 1 minute before a descent commenced 5 miles north of Thetford Mines, descending from 7,984 ft asl to 3,736 ft asl over a distance of 13 nm in 3 minutes. The flight then entered another level cruise phase, covering 17 nm in 6 minutes before a final descent started 1 mile south of Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, decreasing from 3,538 ft asl to 1,823 ft asl over a distance of 6 nm in 3 minutes.
The landing took place on runway 06 at CYQB Quebec/Lesage Intl, with a runway length of 8,980 ft. The aircraft was at a height of 40 ft agl at the threshold with a speed of 112 knots. The touchdown occurred 2,329 ft from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 90 knots and a Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI) reading of -184 ft/m. The local weather at the time of landing was 61 °F with a wind speed of 1 knot coming from 270°, resulting in a crosswind of 1 knot and a tailwind of 1 knot.
Overall, the total flight distance covered was 153 nm, taking a total of 55 minutes and consuming 2,284 lbs of fuel.
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