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Avoid steep turns at low altitude
Below a thousand feet the aeroplane is slow, heavy and close to the ground. A steep turn loses lift, raises the stall speed and flattens the climb just when the gradient matters most. A normal turn on course is a rate one — fifteen degrees or so, twenty-five at the outside, this penalty is to acknowledge when a turn has stopped being a turn and become a manoeuvre.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,721 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 335 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Douglas DC-3 began at LFMT Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport, where the aircraft taxied from the parking area to the runway in 7 minutes, covering 2 nm. The departure roll was from runway 30R, with a takeoff distance of 634 m (25% of the runway) and a liftoff speed of 79 kn. The local weather at the time of departure was 16 °C with a 1 kn wind coming from 269 °, resulting in a crosswind of 1 kn and a headwind of 1 kn.
The enroute climb began 1 mile east of Montpellier and took the aircraft from 912 ft asl to 4,980 ft asl, covering a total distance of 12 nm in 6 minutes. The level cruise portion of the flight began overhead Boisseron and lasted 39 minutes, covering 76 nm.
The enroute descent started 1 mile southwest of Guilherand-Granges, with the aircraft descending from 4,996 ft asl to 3,361 ft asl in 4 minutes and covering 11 nm. Another brief level cruise segment began overhead Chantemerle-les-Bles and lasted 7 minutes, covering 7 nm.
The landing took place on runway 19 at LFLU Valence-Chabeuil Airport, with a runway length of 1,721 m. The aircraft touched down 334 m from the threshold at a speed of 63 kn, with a VSI of -117 ft/min. The local weather at the time of landing was 15 °C with a 1 kn wind coming from 270 °, resulting in a crosswind of 1 kn.
The total landing distance was 1,165 m, which was 68% of the runway length. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area from the runway in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered a total distance of 117 nm, took 58 minutes, and used 261 kg of fuel.
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