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Avoid steep turns at low altitude
Below a thousand feet the aeroplane is slow, heavy and close to the ground. A steep turn loses lift, raises the stall speed and flattens the climb just when the gradient matters most. A normal turn on course is a rate one — fifteen degrees or so, twenty-five at the outside, this penalty is to acknowledge when a turn has stopped being a turn and become a manoeuvre.
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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 1,501 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,501 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 349 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Cessna CJ4 Citation began with a 14-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at LIPY Marche Airport. The departure roll from runway 04 covered a distance of 474 meters, which was 18% of the total runway length. The liftoff speed was 114 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 10°C with no significant wind.
The enroute climb started 1 mile west of Falconara Marittima in Italy. The aircraft climbed from 1,047 feet above sea level to 38,147 feet, covering 85 nautical miles in 16 minutes. The enroute level cruise commenced 1 mile east of Zdrelac in Croatia and lasted 4 minutes, covering 34 nautical miles.
The enroute descent phase began 6 miles northeast of Gracac in Croatia. The aircraft descended from 38,109 feet to 3,191 feet, covering a distance of 127 nautical miles in 20 minutes. Another enroute level cruise segment started 1 mile south of Szigetvar in Hungary and lasted 5 minutes, covering 15 nautical miles.
The landing took place on runway 16 at LHPP Pécs-Pogány Airport, with a runway length of 1,501 meters. The aircraft approached the runway at a height of 24 feet above ground level and a speed of 101 knots. The touchdown occurred 349 meters from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 91 knots and a vertical speed indicator reading of -161 feet per minute. The local weather at the time of landing was -1°C with a slight crosswind.
The total landing distance was 807 meters, which was 54% of the runway length. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in under 1 minute, covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance for the journey was 273 nautical miles, with a flight time of 638 minutes. The aircraft used 574 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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