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Slow down before tight turns
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 seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed below the reference speed.
At the 500 ft gate: speed below the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,642 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,642 m of the 3,660 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 238 m touchdown sits inside 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 7 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Embraer E175, then departed from runway 35R at Calgary International Airport (CYYC). The takeoff distance was 1,823 meters, which accounted for 43% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 155 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 10 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 1 knot from a direction of 259 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 0 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile northeast of CYYC, and climbed from an altitude of 4,678 feet above sea level to 34,689 feet above sea level, an increase of 30,012 feet, in 10 minutes and covering a distance of 86 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting 7 miles southwest of Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada. This cruise phase lasted for 18 minutes and covered a distance of 455 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 2 miles northeast of Dayton, Idaho, United States. The descent from 35,197 feet above sea level to 8,490 feet above sea level, a decrease of 26,707 feet, took 12 minutes and covered a distance of 99 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, starting 1 mile southwest of Herriman, Utah, United States. This cruise phase lasted for 2 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent, starting 1 mile northwest of Riverton, Utah, United States. The descent from 8,101 feet above sea level to 5,511 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,590 feet, took 4 minutes and covered a distance of 10 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 34L at Salt Lake City International Airport (KSLC) was made from the south, with a heading of 355.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,283 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 34L was successful, with a touchdown distance of 240 meters, which was 43% of the runway length. The threshold speed was good at 125 knots, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 124 knots. The touchdown rate was hard at -475 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.3 meters from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 7 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 3 knots from a direction of 300 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 2 knots. The total landing distance was 1,561 meters, and the runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 665 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 57 minutes. The aircraft used 2,307 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Embraer E175 aircraft successfully landed at Salt Lake City International Airport (KSLC) on runway 34L, achieving a score of 97.0%. The final approach was initiated from the south, heading 355.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,283 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft touched down on the runway with a good threshold height, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 125 knots. However, the touchdown speed of 124 knots was slightly above the ideal speed, indicating a minor deviation from the optimal landing parameters. The touchdown rate was hard at -475 feet per minute (fpm), which may have contributed to the slightly fast touchdown speed.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centreline by 3.3 meters, which could have been a result of the aircraft's heading or the pilot's control inputs during the final approach. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 7°C, with a wind speed of 3 knots from 300°. The crosswind component was minimal at 3 knots, while the headwind component was 2 knots.
The total landing distance of 1,561 meters was 43% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilots maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase and ensured a smooth transition from the landing phase to the taxiing phase.
Overall, the Embraer E175 aircraft demonstrated a high level of proficiency during the landing at KSLC, with the only minor deviations being the slightly fast touchdown speed and the hard touchdown rate. However, these deviations did not significantly impact the overall performance of the aircraft, and the pilots were able to maintain control throughout the landing process.
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