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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 2,040 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 229 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 2-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at KASE Aspen-Pitkin County Airport. The departure roll on runway 33 covered a distance of 1076 meters, with liftoff occurring at a speed of 111 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was -10°C, with a 10 knot wind coming from 180°, resulting in a 4 knot crosswind and 10 knot tailwind.
The enroute climb started 1 mile south of Woody Creek, climbing from 8,439 feet above sea level to 27,836 feet above sea level in 8 minutes, covering a distance of 14 nm. The level cruise phase began 8 miles south of 4CO0 Glen-Aspen Airport Carbondale and lasted 7 minutes, covering 36 nm.
The descent phase started 3 miles southeast of Hotchkiss, descending from 27,851 feet above sea level to 11,712 feet above sea level in 9 minutes, covering 45 nm. Another level cruise phase commenced 5 miles east of Norwood and lasted 4 minutes, covering 12 nm.
The final approach was made to runway 09 at KTEX Telluride Regional Airport from the west, at a heading of 104.0°, 4 nm away, and 1,291 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 09 was successful, with a touchdown speed of 88 knots, a slightly fast rate, and a slightly misaligned touchdown position of 3.7 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 1,338 meters, utilizing 66% of the runway length.
After landing, the taxi from the runway to the parking area took less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 115 nm, lasting 36 minutes and requiring 210 kg of fuel.
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