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shortened to 3,500 feet by the City of Santa Monica to discourage jet opera- tions. It was a perfect one to choose.
I established a final visual ap- proach to Runway 21 at KSMO with a Vref of 114 KIAS at 11,000 lbs. From the performance charts, our total landing distance would be 3,136 feet at 20 degrees Celsius. On any air- plane, it is important to be exactly at Vref to meet performance specifica- tions; the Premier is no exception. Beechcraft stresses that fact in the AFM, including multiple warnings about being on speed. The AFM states that the performance is predicated on a three-second flare, firm touch- down, brake application within one second, and deployment of the lift dump within one additional second.
For every 10 feet above 50 feet over the threshold, add 200 feet to the dis- tance. Each additional second of f lare or delay in brake application adds 5 percent to the landing distance. Each knot above Vref increases the landing distance by 1.3 percent. For comparison, the Vref for a 12,000 lb Cessna Citation CJ3 would be 105
KIAS with a slightly shorter land- ing distance.
Over the Runway 21 threshold at 50 feet, I touched down and imme- diately lowered the nose, power to idle, brakes, and with the lift dump extended, used firm braking. It takes 80 percent of the landing distance to dissipate 50 percent of the speed,
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with the remaining half in the last 20 percent – which can be interesting. When I came to a complete stop, we still had 600 feet of runway. I wouldn’t want to do this on a wet runway, however, it was a great experience to evaluate the capabilities.
The next five simulator sessions were with Stephen Rutherford, a very
➀ FSTAT offers one full-motion Level D simulator for the Premier.
➁ FlightSafety's Graphical Flight-deck Simulator (GFS) is available 24 hours a day for client practice.
➂ The 16-day Premier training included 8 hours in the GFS and 14 hours in the full-motion sim.
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