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Departure
Hold the nose down a touch longer and let speed build to 70 kt before liftoff.
What happened: The aircraft lifted off at 51 kt, 19 kt below the 70 kt target.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 70 kt at liftoff
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming through the flare so the sink is fully arrested before the wheels meet the runway.
What happened: Landing g force ran high at 0.2 g through the flare, and the touchdown followed through firm at 0.2 g.
Watch for: Watch the g meter at touchdown against the normal touchdown rate band.
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 approach before the go-around was abandoned. Its marks are shown, but only the approach that landed counts.
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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 for a circuit: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 731 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 731 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 78 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 0.28 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied to runway 04 at EGFP Pembrey West Wales Airport and commenced the departure roll, using 146 m of runway which represents 20 % of the available length. Liftoff was achieved at 51 kt under local conditions of 15 °C temperature, wind 2 kt from 270°, a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt tail-wind component.
After take-off the aircraft entered a right-hand pattern from runway 04, covering less than 1 nm in 18 seconds.
The subsequent right-hand crosswind leg was flown from runway 04, also covering less than 1 nm but in 14 seconds.
During the downwind turn the aircraft described a 1 nm arc with an angle to the runway of 46.7°.
The downwind leg itself was a straight 1 nm segment completed in 50 seconds.
The base-leg turn was another 1 nm arc, this time with an angle to the runway of 70.0°.
The base leg that followed was less than 1 nm in length and was flown in 26 seconds.
The final turn into the approach path covered less than 1 nm and was completed in 14 seconds.
Landing was executed on runway 04, whose length is 731 m. The threshold speed was slightly below the target at 57 kt, while touchdown occurred 95 m down the runway at 52 kt with a descent rate of minus 55 fpm. Alignment at touchdown and during rollout was reported as very good and perfect respectively; the total landing distance measured 246 m, representing 34 % of the runway.
In summary, the flight covered a total distance of 11 nm, took 8 (units as given), and consumed 0 kg of fuel.
Gabriel approached runway 04 at EGFP in calm conditions, temperature 15 °C, with a 2 kt wind from 270° and a 2 kt cross-wind component plus a 1 kt tail-wind component. The aircraft crossed the threshold at 57 kt, a little below the target speed, and the threshold height was reported as good.
During the flare the crew maintained the good threshold height and allowed the aircraft to settle, resulting in a touchdown speed of 52 kt, noted as a little fast.
Touchdown occurred 95 m down the runway, a good distance, with a vertical rate of -55 fpm described as excellent and runway alignment at touchdown very good.
The rollout covered a total of 246 m, representing 34 % of the 731 m runway, and the alignment during rollout was perfect.
To refine an already high-scoring landing, focus on tightening speed control to achieve the target threshold speed and to reduce the touchdown speed slightly, which will further optimise the landing profile.
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