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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Use coordinated aileron input to level the wings and hold bank angle close to wings-level during the climb.
What happened: During the initial climb, your average bank angle drifted to 6.7°.
Watch for: Attitude indicator, bank angle near wings-level
Arrival
Reduce power earlier on approach to be at 120 kt by the stabilisation gate, not just by the threshold.
What happened: The approach was too fast at the stabilisation gate, crossing the threshold at 125 kt against a VREF of 120 kt.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator against 120 kt at the stabilisation gate.
See Arrival Approach
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 six checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed 31 kt FAST on the reference speed of 120 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,697 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 393 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Frankfurt Airport (EDDF), the aircraft began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 7 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. Upon reaching runway 25C, the aircraft initiated its departure roll, utilizing 33% of the 1,697-meter runway to achieve liftoff at a speed of 141 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 19 °C, with a wind speed of 15 knots from a direction of 310°, resulting in a 13-knot crosswind and a 7-knot headwind.
As the aircraft climbed away from Frankfurt, it began its enroute climb approximately 1 mile south of Kelsterbach, Hessen, Germany. The climb phase saw the aircraft ascend from an initial altitude of 1,335 feet above sea level to a maximum altitude of 21,994 feet, an increase of 20,659 feet in just 9 minutes, covering a distance of 48 nautical miles. Following a brief enroute level cruise phase, the aircraft initiated its enroute descent overhead Lohra, Hessen, Germany, descending from 21,996 feet to 2,982 feet in 12 minutes, covering a distance of 59 nautical miles. The aircraft then continued on to its destination, Dortmund Airport (EDLW), where it began its final approach to runway 24 from the northeast, aligning with the runway at a height of 1,285 feet above ground level.
The aircraft landed on runway 24 at EDLW, utilizing 73% of the 1,697-meter runway, with a touchdown distance of 395 meters. The touchdown speed of 120 knots was slightly faster than the recommended threshold speed, while the touchdown rate of -254 feet per minute was fair. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, but the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 10.1 meters from the centerline. Following a taxiing period of 2 minutes, the aircraft arrived at the parking area, having completed a total flight distance of 126 nautical miles and consuming 483 kilograms of fuel in the process, which took a total of 34 minutes.
The final approach to runway 24 at EDLW Dortmund Airport from the north east was executed with precision, with the aircraft maintaining a heading of 240.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,285 feet above ground level. The approach quality was excellent, with a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 125 kt, well within the acceptable range. As the aircraft touched down on the runway, the touchdown distance of 395 meters was satisfactory, but the touchdown speed of 120 kt was slightly faster than desired, resulting in a touchdown rate of -254 fpm, which was fair.
The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, with the aircraft centered on the runway. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 15°C and a wind of 8 kt at 279°, contributed to a relatively calm landing environment. The crosswind component of 5 kt and the headwind component of 6 kt were well within manageable limits. The total landing distance of 1,248 meters, which accounted for 73% of the runway length, was acceptable.
During the rollout phase, the aircraft's alignment with the centreline was slightly off, deviating by 10.1 meters. Despite this minor deviation, the overall performance of the landing was impressive, with a score of 96.6%. The pilot's skill and experience were evident in the execution of the approach and landing, and the aircraft's handling characteristics were well within the acceptable range.
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