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Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
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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 938 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 938 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 334 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Sirius by FSReborn began with a 3-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at EGPF Glasgow. The departure roll on runway 23 covered a distance of 755 ft, which was 10% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 69 kn. The local weather at the time of departure was 60°F with a wind of 7 kn coming from 169°, resulting in a crosswind of 6 kn and a headwind of 4 kn.
The enroute climb started overhead Linwood in Renfrewshire, Scotland, with the aircraft climbing from 403 ft above sea level to 897 ft above sea level in 1 minute, covering a distance of 2 nm. The enroute level cruise began at the same location and lasted 2 minutes, covering 4 nm.
The landing took place on runway 19 at EGEO North Connel, which had a runway length of 3,077 ft. The height at the threshold was 34 ft above ground level. The touchdown occurred 1,094 ft from the threshold at a speed of 66 kn with a vertical speed indicator reading of -134 ft/m. The local weather at the time of landing was 60°F with a wind of 14 kn coming from 139°, resulting in a crosswind of 10 kn and a headwind of 10 kn. The total landing distance was 1,642 ft, which was 53% of the runway length.
Overall, the total flight distance was 52 nm and the flight took 89 minutes to complete. The aircraft used 18 lbs of fuel during the flight.
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