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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Know your rotation speed
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.
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,936 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 294 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 6-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at LOWI Innsbruck Airport. The departure roll on runway 08 covered 469 meters, which was 25% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 113 knots, with the local weather showing a temperature of 6°C, wind at 5 knots coming from 100° (crosswind of 2 knots and headwind of 5 knots).
The enroute climb started over Innsbruck, ascending from 2,979 feet above sea level to 36,144 feet, covering a distance of 69 nautical miles and taking 16 minutes. The level cruise phase began 1 mile north of Telve di Sopra in Italy, lasting 2 minutes and covering 15 nm.
The subsequent descent phase started 2 miles north of Conco in Italy, decreasing altitude from 36,254 ft to 7,820 ft over 13 minutes and 70 nm. Another brief level cruise occurred 22 miles west of Novigrad in Croatia, lasting 4 minutes and covering 19 nm. The final descent phase began 9 miles west of Rovinj, descending from 7,485 ft to 1,822 ft over 6 minutes and 17 nm.
The landing took place on runway 09 at LDPL Pula Airport, with a runway length of 2,936 meters. The threshold height was 19 feet above ground level, and the speed at threshold was 102 knots. Touchdown occurred 294 meters from the threshold at a speed of 93 knots, with a vertical speed indicator showing -218 ft/min. The local weather at landing was 12°C, with a 15-knot wind coming from 60° (crosswind of 7 knots and headwind of 13 knots). The total landing distance was 695 meters, which was 24% of the runway length.
After landing, a 2-minute taxi was conducted from the runway to the parking area, covering less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 201 nm, with a total time of 422 minutes and fuel consumption of 472 kg.
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