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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 3,219 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 711 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
On this flight in the Cessna CJ4 Citation, the taxiing from the parking to the runway took 12 minutes to cover 1 nm. The departure roll on runway 32 at VEBS Biju Patnaik Airport had a takeoff distance of 514 m, with a liftoff speed of 118 kn. The departure climb to various altitudes was smooth and efficient, with enroute climbs and level cruises in between.
The enroute climb started near Bhubaneshwar, climbing to 10,056 ft asl in 6 minutes, covering 27 nm. Another climb near Kendraparha took the aircraft to 19,055 ft asl in 2 minutes, covering 13 nm. The enroute descent started south of Kakdwip, descending from 19,640 ft asl to 1,287 ft asl in 18 minutes, covering 73 nm.
The final approach to runway 01R at VECC Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport was smooth, with touchdown at 82 kn and a smooth touchdown rate of -111 ft/m. The landing distance was 1,458 m, 45% of the runway length, with good runway touchdown alignment.
After taxiing back to the parking from the runway, the total flight distance was 227 nm, taking 56 minutes and using 431 kg of fuel. Overall, the flight was conducted efficiently and safely, with all procedures followed accurately.
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