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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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,631 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,631 m of the 3,284 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 534 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 777F departed NZAA Auckland International Airport from runway 05R, employing a take-off roll of 1,215 m which represented 37 % of the available runway. Liftoff was achieved at 165 kt. Ambient conditions were 35 °C with a wind of 3 kt from 1°, a cross-wind component of 3 kt and a head-wind component of 1 kt.
During the climb the aircraft left the vicinity of NZAA and rose from 979 ft asl to 1,452 ft asl, gaining 473 ft in 1 minute while covering 5 nm.
Cruise commenced 2 mi west of Takanini and was maintained for 4 minutes, during which the flight covered 11 nm.
The final approach to runway 05R began with a descent from 1,036 ft agl to 43 ft agl in 97 seconds, and the aircraft satisfied the stabilisation gate criteria.
Touchdown occurred on runway 05R, whose length is 3,284 m, with a threshold speed of 138 kt, slightly below the target. The aircraft contacted the runway 119 m beyond the touchdown zone at 128 kt, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 402 fpm and a lateral offset of 10.1 m from the centreline. Local weather at landing was 32 °C with a wind of 5 kt from 0°, a cross-wind of 5 kt and a head-wind of 2 kt. The total landing distance recorded was 1,551 m, representing 47 % of the runway.
Rollout alignment was noted as slightly off, with the aircraft deviating 11.8 m from the centreline during the ground run.
In total the flight covered 22 nm, required 8 minutes of elapsed time and consumed 25,042 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 777F approached runway 05R at NZAA Auckland International Airport in a final approach that was assessed as unstable at the 1,000 ft gate, being more than 5 kt below VREF. The aircraft descended from 1,036 ft agl to 43 ft agl in 97 seconds while operating in 32 °C temperature, a 5 kt wind from 0°, a 5 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt head-wind component.
During the threshold and flare phase the threshold height was good and the threshold speed was slightly below target at 138 kt.
Touchdown occurred 119 m beyond the touchdown zone with a touchdown speed of 128 kt, which was good, but the touchdown rate was hard at minus 402 fpm and the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 10.1 m from the centreline.
Rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 11.8 m from the centreline and the total landing distance was 1,551 m, representing 47 % of the 3,284 m runway.
Focus on achieving a stabilized approach speed by the 1,000 ft gate and on improving centreline alignment during touchdown and rollout to convert the solid overall score of 88.3 % into an even higher performance.
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