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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Ease the nose up sooner to lift off at 150 kt instead of letting speed build on the ground.
What happened: The aircraft lifted off at 169 kt, 19 kt above the target liftoff speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 150 kt at liftoff
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 11 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 11 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 11 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,827 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,827 m of the 2,447 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 880 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 13 minutes and covered a distance of 5 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A350-900, then departed from runway 18 at Frankfurt Airport (EDDF). The takeoff distance was 1,077 meters, which accounted for 27% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 169 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 12°C and winds of 3 knots at 200 degrees. The crosswind was 1 knot, while the headwind was 2 knots. The enroute climb began 2 miles west of Moerfelden-Walldorf, Germany, and saw the aircraft ascend from 1,391 feet above sea level to 30,863 feet above sea level, an increase of 29,472 feet in 15 minutes, covering a distance of 87 nautical miles.
Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 4 miles southeast of Seebach, Germany, and lasted for 16 minutes, covering a distance of 116 nautical miles. The enroute descent began 2 miles south of Andermatt, Switzerland, and saw the aircraft descend from 30,824 feet above sea level to 1,627 feet above sea level, a decrease of 29,197 feet in 21 minutes, covering a distance of 79 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 36 at Milano Linate Airport (LIML) was made from the south, with a heading of 1.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,270 feet above ground level. The landing was executed on runway 36, which had a length of 2,447 meters. The threshold height was well above the target, while the threshold speed was slightly above target at 130 knots.
The touchdown point was 463 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 127 knots, which was a little fast. However, the touchdown rate was excellent at -64 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.5 meters from the centerline. Local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 10°C and winds of 2 knots at 90 degrees, with a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 0 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,745 meters, accounting for 71% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 293 nautical miles, taking 65 minutes, and the aircraft used 6,329 kilograms of fuel.
The Airbus A350-900 aircraft successfully landed at Milano Linate Airport, achieving an overall score of 88.2%. The final approach to runway 36 was initiated from the south, with a heading of 1.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,270 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 463 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is slightly off-target. The touchdown speed of 127 knots was also a bit faster than the target speed, indicating that the pilots may have needed to apply more braking to bring the aircraft to a stop. However, the touchdown rate of -64 feet per minute (fpm) was excellent, demonstrating a smooth and controlled descent.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.5 meters from the centerline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilots' alignment during the final approach. Despite this, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilots were able to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 10°C and a wind speed of 2 knots from a direction of 90°. This resulted in a negligible crosswind component and a headwind of 0 knots, making the landing conditions relatively straightforward.
Overall, while the landing was not entirely perfect, the Airbus A350-900 aircraft demonstrated a high level of proficiency and control during the final approach and touchdown phases. The pilots' ability to maintain a smooth and controlled descent, despite a slightly off-target touchdown point and speed, is a testament to their skill and experience.
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