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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Hold the nose down until the speed reaches 150 kt, then rotate.
What happened: You started the rotation at 115 kt, 35 kt before the 150 kt rotation speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 150 kt at rotation
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Close the throttles earlier on final so you cross the threshold at 133 kt rather than carrying excess speed.
What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 142 kt, 9 kt above the 133 kt target, and the nose was then only raised 1.5° in the flare, taking out little of the sink. Crossing the threshold fast like this usually carries extra energy into a flare that barely arrests the sink, and that combination usually ends in a firm touchdown.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 133 kt at the threshold.
A typical trainer rotates in the mid-50s of knots - a 172 at around 55 KIAS, climbing out at a Vy in the low 70s, though check your own POH rather than memorising Cessna's numbers - and the transferable rule is that Vr sits just above the stall speed in takeoff configuration. Rotate early because "it felt ready" and the aircraft lifts off inside ground effect, where induced drag is reduced, then climbs out of it into more drag. On a marginal-performance day the result is an aircraft that lifts off and then refuses to climb, sagging back towards the runway.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,736 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 414 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320ceo taxied from the parking area to runway 34L at KJAN Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport; the movement required 9 minutes and covered 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 34L the aircraft accelerated to a rotation speed of 115 kt and lifted off after a take-off distance of 1,650 m, representing 64 % of the runway. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 26 °C, wind 7 kt from 260°, with a 7 kt crosswind component and a 1 kt headwind.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile north-west of KJAN, with the airplane climbing from 1,312 ft asl to 36,238 ft asl, an altitude gain of 34,926 ft achieved in 18 minutes while covering 123 nm.
The first cruise segment began 9 miles south-east of Aliceville, Alabama, and persisted for 55 minutes, during which the flight covered 729 nm at level altitude.
Descent started 2 miles north of Millville, Delaware, with the aircraft descending from 36,263 ft asl to 1,519 ft asl, a loss of 34,744 ft accomplished in 32 minutes over a distance of 200 nm.
A brief cruise followed, originating 2 miles south-west of New Suffolk, New York; this segment lasted 2 minutes and spanned 4 nm.
Final approach to runway 24 at KFOK Francis S. Gabreski Airport reduced altitude from 1,328 ft agl to 92 ft agl in 103 seconds, and the aircraft met the stabilisation-gate criteria.
Landing on runway 24 was executed with a runway length of 2,736 m; the threshold height at 64 ft agl was above target and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 142 kt. Touchdown occurred 414 m down the runway at a speed of 142 kt, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 415 fpm and a lateral deviation of 13.4 m from the centreline. Local weather at the time was 22 °C, wind 12 kt from 219°, with a 1 kt crosswind and a 12 kt headwind.
The total landing distance recorded was 1,180 m, representing 43 % of the runway, and the rollout alignment was offset by 12.5 m from the centreline.
After exiting the runway, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In summary, the flight covered a total of 1,065 nm, required 117 minutes of flight time, and consumed 6,273 kg of fuel.
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