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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Hold the nose down until the speed reaches 151 kt, then rotate.
What happened: You started the rotation at 126 kt, 25 kt before the 151 kt rotation speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 151 kt at rotation
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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 1,962 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,962 m of the 2,996 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 637 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A321ceo taxied from the parking area to runway 25R at Brussels Airport in 2 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Take-off was performed on runway 25R with a take-off distance of 1,878 m (56 % of the runway). Rotation occurred at 126 kt. Local weather at departure was 16 °C, wind 19 kt from 010°, crosswind 16 kt, tailwind 11 kt.
Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 24 seconds, averaging 1,949 fpm and reaching 170 kt at the top of the segment. The climb continued from 1,182 ft asl to 36,894 ft asl in 13 minutes, covering 161 nm and passing overhead Diegem.
Cruise was level at 37,100 ft asl for 34 minutes, covering 491 nm, beginning 2 miles south-west of Bois-le-Roi.
Descent from 37,133 ft asl to 3,149 ft asl lasted 27 minutes and covered 126 nm, starting 7 miles north of Siguenza.
Final approach to runway 32R at Madrid-Barajas began with a descent from 1,249 ft agl to 8 ft agl in 94 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway were met for gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, centreline, speed and wings level. Configuration was landing gear down at 2,155 ft agl at 194 kt and final flap position 4 at 2,450 ft agl at 195 kt.
Landing on runway 32R (runway length 2,996 m) had a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 143 kt. The flare was described as very good; the aircraft floated before touchdown. Touchdown occurred 226 m beyond the touchdown zone at 136 kt, a little fast, with a fair touchdown rate of minus 296 fpm and perfect runway alignment. No bounce was observed. Total landing distance was 1,885 m (63 % of the runway) and rollout alignment was perfect. Local weather at landing was 23 °C, wind 6 kt from 049°, crosswind 6 kt, headwind 0 kt.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
The flight covered a total of 786 nm in 82 minutes and used 5,870 kg of fuel.
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