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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Know your rotation speed
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.
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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,345 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 340 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Airbus A380 started at EHEH Eindhoven Airport with a quick 5-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway. The departure roll took place on runway 21, with a takeoff distance of 1,426 meters, covering 57 % of the runway. The liftoff speed was 163 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 13 °C with a wind speed of 11 knots coming from 210 °, resulting in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 11 knots.
The enroute climb began as the aircraft passed over Oerle in the Provincie Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands. The climb took the aircraft from 1,075 feet above sea level to 24,623 feet, covering a total distance of 33 nautical miles in 7 minutes. The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase over Standdaarbuiten, covering 90 nautical miles in 14 minutes.
The descent phase of the flight commenced 27 miles southeast of Orford in Suffolk, England. The descent took the aircraft from 24,628 feet above sea level to 6,914 feet, covering 78 nautical miles in 14 minutes. Another brief level cruise phase followed, covering 5 nautical miles over EGRP Metropolitan Police Air Support Unit Buckhurst Hill in Essex, England.
As the flight neared its destination, the aircraft began its final descent 1 mile south of Hadley Wood in Greater London, England. The descent brought the aircraft from 6,635 feet above sea level to 1,819 feet in 8 minutes, covering 11 nautical miles. The landing was executed smoothly on runway 27L at EGLL London Heathrow Airport, with a threshold height of 43 feet above ground level.
The touchdown occurred 341 meters from the threshold at a speed of 132 knots, with a vertical speed indicator reading of -347 feet per minute. The total landing distance was 1,034 meters, covering 31% of the runway. The local weather at the time of landing was 14 °C with a wind speed of 7 knots from 310 °, resulting in a crosswind of 4 knots and a headwind of 5 knots.
After landing, the aircraft taxied back to the parking area, covering less than 1 nautical mile in 5 minutes. The total flight distance for this journey was 225 nautical miles, lasting 137 minutes and consuming 11,801 kilograms of fuel.
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