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Improve the pattern downwind leg
The 45-degrees-behind-the-wing cue assumes you can turn your head and use peripheral vision. Downwind spacing cues like "put the wingtip halfway up the strut" assume a fixed, known eyepoint. Neither survives a monitor unmodified. If you fly on a fixed monitor, stop pretending and fly a numbers-based circuit.
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One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: six checks at the point nearest 500 ft above the runway after the base turn. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,490 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 331 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Sirius aircraft taxied on runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde for departure, using a roll distance of 252 m which represents 10 % of the available runway.
At the take-off, the aircraft lifted off at a speed of 60 kt and entered the climb phase under calm conditions with a temperature of 15 °C, wind 1 kt from 270°, a cross-wind component of 1 kt and a head-wind component of 1 kt.
The left-hand pattern entry was executed from runway 23, covering less than 1 nm in 19 seconds.
Subsequently, the left-hand pattern cross-wind leg also remained under 1 nm and required 23 seconds to complete.
During the pattern downwind turn the aircraft flew a distance of 1 nm while turning to an angle of 101.6° relative to the runway heading.
The downwind leg extended for 2 nm and was flown in 80 seconds.
The base-leg turn covered 1 nm with a turn angle of 48.3° toward the runway.
The base-leg itself was less than 1 nm in length and was completed in 35 seconds.
The final turn to align with the runway was again under 1 nm and took 19 seconds.
On final approach to runway 23 the aircraft approached from the north-east on a heading of 231.0°, at 0 nm distance and 185 ft above ground level.
Landing was achieved on runway 23, whose length is 2,493 m; the threshold speed was slightly below target at 52 kt. Touchdown occurred 333 m down the runway at 40 kt with a descent rate of minus 54 fpm, and the touchdown point was offset by 3.7 m from the centreline. Weather remained temperature 15 °C, wind 1 kt from 269°, cross-wind 1 kt and head-wind 1 kt.
After touchdown the aircraft rolled out along the remaining runway, completing the landing phase without incident.
In total the flight covered 5 nm, lasted 5 (unspecified units), and consumed 0 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 23 at EHGG Groningen Airport Eelde was flown from the north-east on a heading of 231.0° with the aircraft positioned 0 nm from the threshold at 185 ft agl. Local weather reported a temperature of 15 °C, wind 1 kt from 269°, providing a 1 kt crosswind and a 1 kt headwind.
Threshold height was good and the threshold speed was slightly below target at 52 kt.
Touchdown occurred 333 m down the runway, which is classified as good, with a touchdown speed of 40 kt described as good. The vertical touchdown rate was excellent at minus 54 fpm, while the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 3.7 m from the centreline.
Given the high overall score, focus on tightening the lateral alignment to eliminate the 3.7 m offset and fine-tuning the approach speed to meet the target more precisely. These adjustments will bring the already excellent performance to an optimal level.
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