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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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 6,711 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 999 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Beechcraft Baron G58 began with a taxi to runway 11 at CAT4 Qualicum Beach, with the distance from parking to the runway being less than 1 nm and the duration of the taxi less than 1 minute. The departure roll on runway 11CAT4 Qualicum Beach covered a takeoff distance of 1,583 ft, which was 55% of the runway length. The liftoff speed during takeoff was 108 kn. The local weather indicated a temperature of 59 °F with a 1 kn wind coming from 269 °, resulting in a negligible crosswind and tailwind effect.
During the enroute climb, the aircraft started climbing 1 mile west of Parksville, British Columbia, ascending from 1,154 ft asl to 4,504 ft asl, reaching an altitude increase of 3,350 ft in 2 minutes over a climb distance of 7 nm. The climb concluded 5 miles east of Parksville. The subsequent level cruise segment began 6 miles east of Parksville, covering a distance of 62 nm in 20 minutes and finishing 3 miles north of Custer, Washington.
The enroute descent phase of the flight started 2 miles north of Custer, involving a descent from 4,392 ft asl to 2,499 ft asl, resulting in a decrease of 1,894 ft in 2 minutes over a descent distance of 5 nm. The descent concluded 3 miles southwest of Aldergrove, British Columbia. Another brief level cruise segment followed, covering 4 nm in 4 minutes and concluding 2 miles northeast of WN35 Meadow Mist Ferndale, Washington.
The subsequent descent phase began 2 miles northeast of WN35 Meadow Mist Ferndale, with the aircraft descending from 2,380 ft asl to 2,228 ft asl, resulting in a decrease of 152 ft in 0 minutes over a distance of 1 nm. The descent concluded 1 mile northeast of WN35 Meadow Mist Ferndale. A final brief level cruise segment covered 2 nm in 1 minute, finishing overhead WA88 Horse Fly Ferndale, Washington.
The landing took place on runway 16 at KBLI Bellingham Intl, with a runway length of 6,711 ft. The landing occurred with the aircraft at a height of 42 ft agl and a speed of 79 kn at the threshold. The touchdown was 992 ft from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 74 kn and a VSI of -191 ft/m. The local weather at the time of landing included a temperature of 61 °F and a 1 kn wind from 270 °, resulting in a minor crosswind.
The landing rollout on runway 16 at KBLI Bellingham Intl covered 864 ft, with the landing distance totaling 1,940 ft, which was 29% of the runway length. Following the landing, the aircraft taxied to parking from runway 16, with the distance to parking again being less than 1 nm and the taxi duration lasting 1 minute.
Overall, the total flight distance covered was 89 nm, with a total flight time of 46 minutes. The aircraft used 34 lbs of fuel during the flight.
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