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A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,353 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 529 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Douglas DC-3 was a short but eventful journey from Manchester to Glasgow. The distance from parking to the runway was 3 nm, with a quick departure roll on runway 05L at EGCC Manchester. The takeoff distance was 2,122 ft, covering 27% of the runway, at a liftoff speed of 80 kn. The local weather at departure was 55 °F with a 9 kn wind at 70 °, resulting in a 3 kn crosswind and an 8 kn headwind.
The enroute climb started 1 mile northeast of Manchester, climbing from 904 ft asl to 5,787 ft asl, covering a distance of 14 nm in 6 minutes. The enroute level cruise started east of Westhoughton and lasted 46 minutes, covering a distance of 139 nm. The enroute descent started west of Ayr, descending from 5,771 ft asl to 2,527 ft asl, covering a distance of 14 nm in 5 minutes. Another brief enroute level cruise started northeast of Ardrossan, covering a distance of 10 nm in 5 minutes.
The landing on runway 23 at EGPF Glasgow was smooth, with a runway length of 7,720 ft. The touchdown was 1,735 ft from the threshold, at a speed of 66 kn, with a VSI of -266 ft/m. The total landing distance was 4,042 ft, covering 52% of the runway. The local weather at arrival was 56 °F with a 10 kn wind at 90 °, resulting in a 7 kn crosswind and an 8 kn tailwind.
The total flight distance was 190 nm, taking 80 minutes and using 641 lbs of fuel. The distance from the runway to parking was less than 1 nm, with a duration of 4 minutes. Overall, the flight in the Douglas DC-3 was a successful journey from Manchester to Glasgow, showcasing the capabilities of this classic aircraft.
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