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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,135 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 199 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Cockspur PH100 began with a taxi from the parking area to the runway, which took 8 minutes to cover 2 nm. The departure roll was from runway 14 at KLVS Las Vegas Municipal Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,061 m, representing 43% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 110 kn. The local weather at the time indicated a temperature of -1 °C, with a 7 kn wind coming from 160 ° resulting in a crosswind of 1 kn and a headwind of 7 kn.
The enroute climb commenced over KLVS Las Vegas Municipal Airport, climbing from 7,582 ft asl to 33,851 ft asl, an increase of 26,269 ft over 13 minutes and covering 56 nm. The level cruise phase began 3 miles north of Cimarron and lasted 25 minutes, covering 122 nm. The subsequent descent started 9 miles north of CO19 Tezak Airport Canon City, descending from 33,771 ft asl to 14,744 ft asl, covering 60 nm over 11 minutes. Another level cruise started 7 miles west of KLXV Lake County Airport Leadville and lasted 4 minutes, covering 19 nm. The following descent began 11 miles south of Eagle, dropping from 14,720 ft asl to 8,871 ft asl over 7 minutes and 11 nm.
The final approach was made to runway 15 at KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) from the north, with a heading of 159.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,177 ft agl. The landing on runway 15 had good conditions, with a threshold speed of 96 kn, touchdown speed of 88 kn, and a perfect touchdown rate of -44 ft/m. The touchdown distance was 197 m, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.5 m from the centerline. The local weather indicated a temperature of -12 °C, with a 7 kn wind coming from 209 ° resulting in a crosswind of 5 kn and a headwind of 4 kn.
The total landing distance was 536 m, representing 25% of the runway length, with a slight misalignment of 10.3 m from the centerline during the rollout. Taxiing back to the parking area from the runway took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nm. Overall, the total flight distance was 276 nm, lasting 71 minutes and consuming 407 kg of fuel.
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