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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 2,005 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,005 m of the 2,539 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 268 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Airbus A319 from LFPO Paris-Orly Airport to LFKB Bastia-Poretta Airport was a smooth and efficient journey.
Taxiing from the parking to the runway at Paris-Orly took 8 minutes and covered 2 nm. The departure roll from runway 07 was immediate, with a takeoff distance of 1,989 m, which was 69% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 181 kn, with the local weather indicating a temperature of 14 °C and wind at 6 kn at 104°, resulting in a crosswind of 3 kn and a headwind of 5 kn.
The enroute climb started overhead Villeneuve-le-Roi, ascending from 1,290 ft asl to 31,436 ft asl in 15 minutes, covering 86 nm. The level cruise began overhead Tracy-sur-Loire for 4 minutes, spanning 35 nm. Another climb started 1 mile southwest of Chantenay-Saint-Imbert, going from 31,446 ft asl to 35,438 ft asl in 4 minutes and covering 35 nm.
The second level cruise began 1 mile south of Charmeil and lasted 43 minutes, covering 316 nm. The descent then commenced 6 miles west of Canari, descending from 35,345 ft asl to 1,844 ft asl in 18 minutes and covering 29 nm.
Landing on runway 34 at Bastia-Poretta Airport was successful, with the runway length of 2,539 m. The height at threshold was 41 ft agl, with a speed at threshold of 130 kn. The touchdown occurred 271 m from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 127 kn and VSI reading at -446 ft/m. The local weather at Bastia indicated a temperature of 21 °C and wind at 6 kn at 0°, resulting in a crosswind of 2 kn and a headwind of 6 kn. The total landing distance was 1,928 m, which was 76% of the runway length.
After landing, taxiing to the parking area from the runway took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 512 nm, spanning a total flight time of 107 minutes and consuming 3,760 kg of fuel.
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