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Maintain the centreline
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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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 1,056 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,056 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 304 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Douglas DC-3 started with a 3-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at CYHD Dryden Regional Airport. The departure roll was from runway 30 with a takeoff distance of 425 meters, covering 24% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 71 knots. The local weather at the time showed a temperature of 18 °C with a wind of 3 knots coming from 224°, with a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 1 knot.
The enroute climb began overhead CYHD Dryden Regional Airport, ascending from 1,786 feet above sea level to 3,192 feet above sea level. This was an increase of 1,406 feet over a 3-minute period, covering 4 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise started 3 miles northeast of Dryden, lasting 7 minutes and covering 16 nautical miles.
The landing was on runway 23 at CZUC Ignace Municipal Airport, with a runway length of 1,056 meters. The height at the threshold was 47 feet above ground level, and the speed at the threshold was 80 knots. The touchdown occurred 302 meters from the threshold, with a landing speed of 72 knots and a vertical speed indicator showing a descent rate of -214 feet per minute. The local weather at the time of landing was -1 °C with a 6-knot wind coming from 314°, resulting in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 1 knot. The total landing distance was 851 meters, covering 81% of the runway.
Finally, the taxi back to the parking area from the runway took 1 minute, covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 51 nautical miles, with a total flight time of 1,145 minutes. The flight used 117 kilograms of fuel.
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