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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Shorten the long landing
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 5,089 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,089 ft of the 10,774 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 3,238 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Cessna CJ4 Citation began with a 4-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at CYPR Prince Rupert. The departure roll from runway 31 covered a distance of 94 feet, which was 2% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 148 knots. Local weather at the time of departure was 51°F with a 7 knot wind coming from 330°, resulting in a 7 knot headwind.
The enroute climb started 1 mile northwest of Prince Rupert, climbing from 1,193 feet above sea level to 23,761 feet, covering a total distance of 43 nautical miles in 9 minutes.
The next phase of the flight was a level cruise that started 20 miles southeast of Kitkatla Seaplane Base in Prince Rupert and lasted 4 minutes, covering 36 nautical miles.
Following the cruise, another climb was initiated 23 miles south of Hartley Bay Seaplane Base in Kitimat. The aircraft climbed from 24,238 feet to 43,813 feet, covering 127 nautical miles in 18 minutes.
Once at cruising altitude, the aircraft began its descent 6 miles east of Surge Narrows Seaplane Base in Campbell River. The descent took the aircraft from 44,007 feet to 1,823 feet, covering 99 nautical miles in 26 minutes.
The flight concluded with a landing on runway 26L at CYVR Vancouver Intl. The threshold height was 88 feet above ground level, and the touchdown speed was 100 knots with a vertical speed indicator reading of -82 feet per minute. The landing distance was 4,739 feet, which was 44% of the total runway length of 10,774 feet.
The aircraft then taxied back to the parking area, covering less than 1 nautical mile in 6 minutes. The total flight distance was 435 nautical miles, with a total flight time of 93 minutes. The flight used 1,670 pounds of fuel.
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