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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 1,277 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,277 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 489 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the BF 109G-6 started with a 3-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at EDMA Augsburg. The departure roll on runway 07 covered a distance of 2,194 ft, which was 52% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 111 kn. During takeoff, the local weather conditions included a temperature of 45 °F with a wind of 7 kn coming from 100°, resulting in a crosswind of 3 kn and a headwind of 6 kn.
Once enroute, the climb began 1 mile east of EDMA Augsburg and took the aircraft from 2,553 ft asl to 3,215 ft asl, an increase of 661 ft in just 1 minute and covering a distance of 2 nm. The descent phase started 1 mile northeast of Gersthofen, bringing the altitude down from 3,202 ft asl to 1,519 ft asl, a decrease of 1,683 ft in 2 minutes and covering a distance of 1 nm.
The landing took place back on runway 07 at EDMA Augsburg, which has a length of 4,188 ft. The aircraft approached with a height of 1 ft above ground level and a speed of 87 kn at the threshold. The touchdown occurred 306 ft from the threshold at a speed of 82 kn, with a vertical speed indicator showing a descent rate of -225 ft/min. The weather conditions for landing were a temperature of 46 °F, with a wind of 7 kn from 100°, resulting in a crosswind of 3 kn and a headwind of 6 kn.
Overall, the total flight distance was 5 nm, with a total duration of 16 minutes, and a fuel consumption of 47 lbs.
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