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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,015 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 196 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Boeing 737-700 began with a short taxi from the parking area to the runway at MMVA Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport, covering less than 1 nm in 2 minutes. The average speed during the taxi was 16 kn. The departure roll on runway 08 involved a takeoff distance of 1,020 m, which was 46% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 145 kn. The local weather at the time of departure was 20 °C with a light headwind of 1 kn.
The climb out of MMVA Carlos Rovirosa Pérez International Airport reached 39,065 ft asl, covering a distance of 257 nm in 34 minutes. The enroute cruise took the aircraft 1 mile west of MZBZ Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport in Belize City for a duration of 139 minutes, covering 1,030 nm. The descent phase began 24 miles northeast of Santa Genoveva de Docordo in Colombia, descending from 39,192 ft asl to 6,391 ft asl over a distance of 76 nm in 11 minutes.
The final approach to runway 02 at SKCL Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport involved descending from 1,252 ft agl to 19 ft agl, covering a distance of 4 nm. The touchdown on runway 02 was successful, with a good threshold height and speed slightly below target at 125 kn. The touchdown distance was 198 m, with a speed of 121 kn and a fair touchdown rate of -210 ft/m. The total landing distance was 741 m, which was 25% of the runway length.
After landing, the aircraft taxied back to the parking area, covering less than 1 nm in 1 minute. The total flight distance for this journey was 1,382 nm, with a total flight time of 192 minutes. The flight consumed 7,841 kg of fuel.
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