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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 1,608 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,608 m of the 3,665 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 545 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Airbus A320 started with a 23-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at WSSS Singapore Changi Airport. The departure roll on runway 20C covered 9 nautical miles and the takeoff distance was 11,220 feet, 85% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 226 knots.
During the enroute climb, the aircraft started climbing from 1,114 feet above sea level to 6,075 feet, covering 12 nautical miles in 3 minutes. The enroute level cruise started near Batam, Indonesia and lasted 9 minutes covering 38 nautical miles. Another climb occurred starting near Tanjung Pinang-Bintan Island, climbing from 7,077 feet to 23,406 feet in 7 minutes covering 40 nautical miles.
The flight then reached a level cruise which lasted 2 minutes covering 15 nautical miles before starting another climb near Singkep Island climbing from 23,406 feet to 37,596 feet in 11 minutes covering 71 nautical miles. The subsequent level cruise lasted 30 minutes covering 217 nautical miles.
The descent began near Way Jepara, descending from 38,502 feet to 4,128 feet in 16 minutes covering 88 nautical miles. This was followed by a short level cruise before another descent near Jakarta descending from 3,826 feet to 1,807 feet in 3 minutes covering 6 nautical miles.
The aircraft landed on runway 25L at WIII Soekarno-Hatta International Airport with a touchdown speed of 120 knots. The landing distance was 5,003 feet, 42% of the runway length. The flight covered a total distance of 509 nautical miles, lasting 206 minutes and using 7,288 lbs of fuel.
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