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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Avoid steep turns at low altitude
Below a thousand feet the aeroplane is slow, heavy and close to the ground. A steep turn loses lift, raises the stall speed and flattens the climb just when the gradient matters most. A normal turn on course is a rate one — fifteen degrees or so, twenty-five at the outside, this penalty is to acknowledge when a turn has stopped being a turn and become a manoeuvre.
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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 5,004 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,363 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Beechcraft Duke took off from runway 36 at Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City, Michigan. The departure roll was 1,464 feet, with a liftoff speed of 91 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 57°F with a 4 knot wind coming from 340°, resulting in a 1 knot crosswind and a 4 knot headwind.
The enroute climb began overhead Traverse City, climbing from 1,359 feet to 1,403 feet, covering a distance of 0 nautical miles in 0 minutes. The enroute level cruise portion started shortly after, traveling 1 nautical mile in 1 minute to finish 1 mile east of Traverse City.
The next climb occurred 6 miles southeast of Traverse City, climbing from 4,278 feet to 23,022 feet over a distance of 49 nautical miles in 11 minutes. The following level cruise segment covered 528 nautical miles in 72 minutes, finishing overhead Montgomery, Massachusetts.
The subsequent descent started 1 mile east of Montgomery, descending from 23,305 feet to 6,971 feet over 33 nautical miles in 9 minutes, finishing 2 miles southwest of Southbridge, Massachusetts. The aircraft then cruised 6 nautical miles in 2 minutes before another descent began 1 mile north of North Grosvenor Dale, Connecticut. This descent covered 5 nautical miles and decreased altitude from 6,587 feet to 2,954 feet in 2 minutes, finishing 1 mile south of Thompson, Connecticut.
The final cruise segment covered 15 nautical miles in 5 minutes before another descent began 2 miles east of Clayville, Rhode Island. The aircraft descended from 2,949 feet to 2,169 feet over 5 nautical miles in 2 minutes, finishing 1 mile south of Greenville, Rhode Island.
The landing took place on runway 05 at North Central State Airport in Rhode Island, with the aircraft touching down 1,356 feet from the threshold at a speed of 74 knots. The landing rollout covered 832 feet, with a total landing distance of 2,267 feet, approximately 45% of the runway length. The landing weather conditions included a temperature of 67°F and a 12 knot wind coming from 46°, resulting in a 3 knot crosswind and a 12 knot headwind.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to parking from runway 05 at North Central State Airport, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile in 2 minutes. The total flight distance flown was 657 nautical miles, taking 123 minutes and consuming 1,250 pounds of fuel.
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