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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Ease back pressure in smoothly as you approach 142 kt, holding a steady rotation rate rather than snatching the controls.
What happened: On the takeoff roll the aircraft bounced before becoming fully airborne.
Watch for: Attitude indicator: a smooth, continuous pitch-up through liftoff with no secondary bounce.
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Arrival
Fly a steeper descent on final so you cross the threshold at 50 ft agl instead of 67 ft agl.
What happened: The aircraft crossed the threshold at 67 ft agl against a 50 ft agl target, well above the normal profile. The touchdown point was also long at 785 m against a 457 m target, a pattern often seen after high threshold crossings.
Watch for: Radio altimeter against the 50 ft threshold crossing target on short final.
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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,581 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,581 m of the 3,203 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 785 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A319 taxied from the parking area to runway 07L at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in 8 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 07L, the aircraft used 1,585 m of runway, representing 51 % of the available length, and lifted off at 153 kt. Ambient conditions were 32 °C with a wind of 7 kt from 110°, including a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 7 kt head-wind.
Climb commenced 1 mile east of Phoenix, with the airplane ascending from 2,159 ft asl to 32,888 ft asl, a gain of 30,729 ft achieved in 14 minutes while covering 86 nm.
Level cruise began 5 miles south-west of Yav'pe Ma'ta Airport (16AZ) and lasted 3 minutes, during which 27 nm were flown.
Descent started 9 miles west of Yolo Ranch Airport (33AZ), with the aircraft descending from 32,900 ft asl to 3,340 ft asl, a loss of 29,560 ft over 22 minutes and a distance of 124 nm.
The final approach to runway 26L at Harry Reid International Airport involved a descent from 1,256 ft agl to 26 ft agl in 95 seconds, and the flight scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 26L, which is 3,203 m long, the threshold height at 67 ft agl was above target while the threshold speed of 130 kt was satisfactory. Touchdown occurred 637 m beyond the touchdown zone at 120 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 172 fpm and perfect runway-touchdown alignment; local temperature was 30 °C.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,768 m, equivalent to 55 % of the runway, and runway-rollout alignment was perfect.
After landing, the aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 7 minutes, traveling another 2 nm.
In total, the flight covered 247 nm, took 52, and consumed 2,072 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-700 approached runway 26L at KLAS Harry Reid International Airport in a stabilised configuration at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits, and completed a descent from 1,348 ft AGL to 85 ft AGL in 103 seconds under temperature 28 °C, wind 5 kt from 190°, a 5 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind component.
At the threshold the aircraft was 60 ft AGL, which was above the target height, and the threshold speed was recorded as a good 132 kt.
Touchdown occurred 219 m beyond the designated touchdown zone with a speed of 127 kt, described as a little fast, and a firm vertical rate of -333 fpm; the touchdown point was offset 3.8 m from the centreline.
The rollout covered 1,523 m, representing 48 % of the 3,203 m runway, and runway-rollout alignment was very good.
To refine the already strong performance, aim to achieve touchdown within the touchdown zone and reduce the final approach speed slightly toward the target VREF to lessen the firm vertical rate. Adjust the flare timing to bring the aircraft to the intended height at the threshold, which will help place the touchdown point closer to the aim point.
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