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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Shorten the long landing
Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
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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 2,394 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 212 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Beechcraft Baron G58 from EBCI Brussels South Charleroi Airport to LFST Strasbourg Airport was overall successful.
The taxi from the parking to the runway was quick, taking only 5 minutes to cover less than 1 nm. The departure roll on runway 24 was smooth, with a takeoff distance of 149m which was only 7% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 79 knots.
During the enroute climb, the aircraft ascended from 1,636 ft asl to 8,508 ft asl in 4 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nm. The enroute level cruise lasted 59 minutes and covered 161 nm, starting from overhead Anderlues. The subsequent descent from 9,007 ft asl to 3,577 ft asl over 11 minutes covered 14 nm.
The final approach to runway 23 at LFST Strasbourg Airport was from the northeast, at a height of 1,284 ft agl. The landing on runway 23 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 211 m and a slightly fast touchdown speed of 77 kn. The touchdown rate was noted as very hard at -515 ft/m. The total landing distance was 414 m, which was 17% of the runway length.
Overall, the total flight distance was 198 nm and the fuel consumption was 74 kg. The weather conditions throughout the flight were relatively stable, with a temperature of 5 °C and wind speeds of 4 kn at 340 °, with minor crosswind and tailwind components. The aircraft demonstrated good performance throughout the flight, despite a few minor issues during landing.
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