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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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,516 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 310 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Douglas DC-3 began with a 14-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at LPPR Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport. The departure roll on runway 17 covered 746 meters of the 25% of the runway length available. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 82 knots, with a temperature of 12°C and no significant wind.
The enroute climb started 1 mile northwest of Senhora da Hora, climbing from 1,152 feet above sea level to 10,674 feet, covering 19 nautical miles in 12 minutes. The level cruise portion of the flight began over Perafita and lasted 41 minutes, covering 119 nautical miles.
Descent commenced 1 mile west of Madridanos, descending from 10,895 feet to 9,869 feet over 2 minutes, covering 7 nautical miles. The next level cruise phase began 1 mile southeast of Peleagonzalo for 2 minutes and covered 6 nautical miles. Descend started 2 miles east of Villabuena del Puente descending from 9,340 feet to 4,315 feet on 4 minutes covering 13 nm and the next level cruise segment began overhead Canizal and lasted 6 minutes, covering 10 nm.
For the final approach to runway 21 at LESA Salamanca Airport, the aircraft approached from the northeast at 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,257 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 21 at LESA Salamanca Airport was smooth, with a good threshold height and touchdown speed of 68 knots. However, the touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 16.5 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 1,030 meters, with a slight misalignment of 17.2 meters from the centerline during runway rollout.
Taxiing back to the parking area from the runway took 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 185 nautical miles, lasting 83 minutes and consuming 335 kilograms of fuel.
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