Question

What is meant by airborne distance?

(a) The distance between take-off point and the point at which the screen height is cleared

(b) The distance between lift-off point and the point at which the screen height is not cleared

(c) The distance between lift-off point and the point at which the screen height is cleared

(d) The distance between take-off point and the point at which the screen height is not cleared

The question was posed to me in an international level competition.

I would like to ask this question from Take-off Performance in chapter Take-off and Landing Performance of Aircraft Performance

Answer 1

The correct choice is (c) The distance between lift-off point and the point at which the screen height is cleared

Explanation: The airborne distance is the distance between lift-off point and the point at which the screen height is cleared. The total take-off distance is the sum of both airborne distance and ground run distance.