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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Hold the nose until reaching 150 kt before rotating.
What happened: Rotation began at 122 kt, 28 kt before the 150 kt target.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator approaching 150 kt.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Raise the nose further in the flare and keep the back pressure coming to arrest the sink before touchdown.
What happened: The flare only raised the nose a little and left most of the sink in, so the aircraft was flown onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown rather than a smooth one.
Watch for: Watch pitch attitude and VSI through the flare, arresting the sink before touchdown rather than letting it fly on at 134 kt.
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,377 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 441 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Learjet 35 taxied from the parking area to the departure runway in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 1 nm.
The aircraft commenced its departure roll on runway 19 at KTEB Teterboro Airport, using 1,615 m of runway (85 % of the available length) and achieving liftoff at 122 kt; ambient temperature was 26 °C with a wind of 4 kt from 250°, a cross-wind component of 4 kt and a head-wind component of 2 kt.
Climb began 1 mile south-west of Moonachie, New Jersey, with the jet ascending from 394 ft asl to 41,008 ft asl, a gain of 40,614 ft achieved in 19 minutes while covering 119 nm.
The first cruise segment started 2 miles east of Lenox, Massachusetts, and lasted 10 minutes, during which the aircraft travelled 89 nm at level altitude.
Descent commenced 1 mile south-east of 66VT Symon Airport Shoreham, Vermont, with a reduction from 40,308 ft asl to 3,796 ft asl, a loss of 36,513 ft over 16 minutes and a distance of 113 nm.
A second cruise phase originated 2 miles south-east of Saint-Amable, Quebec, lasting 5 minutes and covering 16 nm.
The subsequent descent began 3 miles east of Saint-Amable, Quebec, descending from 3,001 ft asl to 1,370 ft asl, a decrease of 1,631 ft in 3 minutes while traveling 7 nm.
Final approach to runway 24R at CYHU Montréal / Saint-Hubert Airport was executed from the north-east on a heading of 227.0°, intercepting the approach at 4 nm and 1,273 ft agl.
Landing on runway 24R, which is 2,377 m long, occurred with a threshold speed of 142 kt; touchdown was recorded at 443 m down the runway at 129 kt, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 422 fpm and a lateral deviation of 3.2 m from the centreline. Local conditions were 16 °C, wind 3 kt from 160°, cross-wind 3 kt and head-wind 1 kt. The total landing roll measured 1,228 m, representing 52 % of the runway.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as perfect.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 4 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 351 nm, required 66 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 526 kg of fuel.
Learjet 35 approached runway 24R at CYHU Montréal / Saint-Hubert from the north-east on a heading of 227.0° at 4 nm and 1,273 ft agl. The final approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits. Local weather was 16 °C with wind 3 kt from 160°, a 3 kt crosswind component and a 1 kt headwind component.
At threshold the aircraft maintained a speed of 142 kt, noted as well above target, and the threshold height was good. The flare was executed and the aircraft crossed the runway threshold, touching down 443 m from the threshold.
Touchdown occurred at a speed of 129 kt, described as a little fast, with a hard vertical rate of minus 422 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 3.2 m from the centreline and the total landing distance was 1,228 m, representing 52 % of the 2,377 m runway. The aircraft continued the roll with the runway rollout alignment reported as perfect.
The rollout proceeded with perfect alignment to the centreline and the aircraft decelerated within the remaining runway length.
To refine the already strong performance, attention should be given to reducing touchdown speed toward the target and moderating the flare to achieve a softer vertical rate. Maintaining precise alignment during the flare will also help keep the touchdown point within the optimal centreline corridor.
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