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Monitor your taxi speed
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.
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 3,602 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 280 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Honda HA420 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at EDLP Paderborn Lippstadt Airport, a process that took 8 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 06, with a takeoff distance of 794 meters, which accounted for 36% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 138 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 3 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 7 knots at a direction of 70 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 7 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile north east of EDLP Paderborn Lippstadt Airport, and climbed from an altitude of 1,692 feet above sea level to 34,921 feet above sea level, an increase of 33,229 feet, in 19 minutes and covering a distance of 70 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise phase of the flight began 1 mile west of Buttlar, in the state of Thuringia, Germany, and lasted for 28 minutes, during which the aircraft covered a distance of 179 nautical miles. The descent phase of the flight started 1 mile south west of Volyne, in the Jihocesky kraj region of the Czech Republic, and involved a descent from an altitude of 34,964 feet above sea level to 1,872 feet above sea level, a decrease of 33,092 feet, in 27 minutes and covering a distance of 122 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 16 at LOWW Vienna International Airport was made from the north, with a heading of 164.0 degrees, at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,276 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 16 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 280 meters, which was good, and a touchdown speed of 88 knots, which was also good. The touchdown rate was good at -165 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.4 meters from the centreline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of -3 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 8 knots at a direction of 129 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 4 knots and a headwind of 6 knots. The total landing distance was 920 meters, which accounted for 26% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good.
The flight then ended with the aircraft taxiing to the parking area from the runway, a process that took 10 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The total flight distance was 379 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 87 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 640 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Honda HA420 aircraft successfully landed at LOWW Vienna International Airport, achieving a high score of 98.3%. The final approach to runway 16 was conducted from the north, with a heading of 164.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,276 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft touched down on the runway with a speed of 101 knots, which was slightly below the target threshold speed. However, the touchdown distance of 280 meters was considered good, and the touchdown speed of 88 knots was also within acceptable limits. The touchdown rate of -165 feet per minute (fpm) was also good, indicating a smooth and controlled descent.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of -3°C and a wind speed of 8 knots from a direction of 129°. The crosswind component was 4 knots, while the headwind component was 6 knots. Despite these conditions, the aircraft's landing performance was satisfactory.
One minor issue was noted during the landing, with the runway touchdown position being slightly misaligned by 3.4 meters from the centerline. However, the runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft's brakes were applied smoothly and effectively.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft demonstrating good control and stability throughout the approach and touchdown phases. The total landing distance of 920 meters was 26% of the runway length, which is a reasonable distance considering the aircraft's size and weight.
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