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2U8
Stanley, United States
Runway 21
Elevation4,413 ft asl
Weight498 kg
Fuel47 kg
Wind268° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross

Flight Score

80.00 %
2U8
Stanley, United States
Runway 21
Elevation4,413 ft asl
Weight498 kg
Fuel44 kg
Wind270° · 2 kn · 1 kn cross
14 Oct 2025 0:05 3 nm Savage Norden: Aerial Advertising 3 kg
Departure Score
94.24 %
Pattern Score
75.46 %
Arrival Score
70.31 %

What went well

Touchdown 61 m in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 34 ft and 29 kt — both inside band
Lifted off at 32 kt — on the 35 kt target

What held you back

Arrival Final 1 — stall warning; Approach angle 3.2 ° at 0 %, speed limits at 0 %, −6.75 points
Pattern Downwind Turn — Angle to runway (45 degrees) 82.6 ° at 0 %, bank angle up to 41.1 ° at 49 %, −2.58 points
Pattern Base Leg — Heading -22.4 ° at 0 %, −2.50 points
Arrival Touchdown — bank angle up to 17.1 ° at 0 %, Runway alignment max 13.28 m left at 63 %, −1.88 points

Next time

Shorten the long landing

See Arrival Touchdown

Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.

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Start to finish · 14 stages, 12 in the score

The flight story

Departure One segment per stage, in flight order — colour is the score band. Drag the bar to move along the flight, or click a stage card to open its detail. Arrival
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 21 at 2U8 Thomas Creek Airport, Average speed was 0 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 0 kt0 kt min to max 0 kt 0 0 kt
Info Average pitch angle 16.0 °16.0 ° min to max 16.0 ° 16.0 16.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.0 °0.0 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 0.0 °
Info Average g force 1.63 g1.63 g min to max 1.63 g 1.63 1.63 g

Events

Info Battery Master On 4 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 4 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 4 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 4 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 4 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 4 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 4 ft agl
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 21 at 2U8 Thomas Creek Airport. Takeoff distance 46 m 8 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 33 kt. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 2 kt at 268 °. Crosswind: 2 kt Headwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 46 m8 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 33 ktTarget 37 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 0.58 m left0.58 m left to 0.00 m left 0.00 0.58 m
100 % Average g force 0.88 g0.79 g min to max 0.95 g 0.95 0.91 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 17.1 °16.4 ° min to max 18.4 ° 18.0 16.4 °
Info Average bank angle 2.3 °0.3 ° min to max 4.3 ° 0.3 4.3 °

Events

Info Parking Brake Off 4 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 4 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 4 ft agl · 6 kt
Departure Climb 1 92.73Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 21 2U8 Thomas Creek Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
81 % Heading variation -1.5 °-2.7 ° min to max -0.5 ° -0.5 -2.7 °
100 % Average speed 44 kt34 kt min to max 51 kt 34 51 kt
90 % Average bank angle 3.1 °0.0 ° min to max 5.9 ° 4.7 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.86 g min to max 1.11 g 0.92 0.86 g
Info Average VSI 896 fpm566 fpm min to max 1,039 fpm 566 1,034 fpm
Info Average altitude 27 ft agl2 ft agl min to max 62 ft agl 2 62 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 17.4 °13.9 ° min to max 19.3 ° 16.4 13.9 °
Departure Climb 2 90.00Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 21 2U8 Thomas Creek Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 57 kt51 kt min to max 60 kt 51 60 kt
100 % Average bank angle 2.1 °0.0 ° min to max 3.9 ° 0.8 1.7 °
100 % Average g force 0.95 g0.85 g min to max 1.03 g 0.86 0.95 g
Info Average VSI 923 fpm856 fpm min to max 1,033 fpm 1,033 940 fpm
Info Average altitude 94 ft agl63 ft agl min to max 126 ft agl 63 126 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.4 °10.2 ° min to max 13.8 ° 13.8 10.6 °
Pattern Entry 99.29Right hand pattern entry from runway 21 2U8 Thomas Creek Airport. Distance was less than 1 nm in 33 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 71 kt60 kt min to max 82 kt 60 82 kt
100 % Average bank angle 18.4 °0.4 ° min to max 45.6 ° 6.1 41.0 °
93 % Average g force 1.05 g0.90 g min to max 1.75 g 0.91 1.75 g
Info Average VSI 122 fpm-1,517 fpm min to max 1,077 fpm 868 -1,517 fpm
Info Average altitude 203 ft agl126 ft agl min to max 247 ft agl 126 154 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.7 °-9.4 ° min to max 10.9 ° 9.3 -5.6 °
Pattern Downwind Turn 53.65Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 82.6 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 82.6 °.
100 % Average speed 66 kt40 kt min to max 83 kt 83 40 kt
49 % Average bank angle 8.9 °0.1 ° min to max 41.1 ° 40.2 32.9 °
88 % Average g force 1.07 g0.67 g min to max 1.91 g 1.91 0.69 g
Info Average VSI -18 fpm-1,219 fpm min to max 3,301 fpm -1,019 2,352 fpm
Info Average altitude 25 ft agl-3 ft agl min to max 433 ft agl 140 433 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 3.4 °-8.4 ° min to max 43.2 ° -0.1 32.1 °
Pattern Downwind 74.85Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was less than 1 nm in 11 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
87 % Heading 7.0 °-7.2 ° min to max 16.7 ° -7.2 16.7 °
29 % Average altitude 631 ft agl462 ft agl min to max 836 ft agl 462 836 ft agl
100 % Average speed 49 kt40 kt min to max 52 kt 40 51 kt
100 % Average g force 0.91 g0.75 g min to max 0.98 g 0.75 0.90 g
Info Average VSI 1,876 fpm1,403 fpm min to max 2,311 fpm 1,952 2,311 fpm
Info Average bank angle 8.5 °0.3 ° min to max 28.3 ° 28.3 9.0 °
Info Average pitch angle 25.3 °21.6 ° min to max 28.9 ° 27.0 28.9 °
Pattern Base Leg Turn 70.00Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 82.5 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 82.5 °.
100 % Average speed 48 kt45 kt min to max 50 kt 50 45 kt
100 % Average bank angle 7.7 °2.3 ° min to max 11.0 ° 9.8 3.7 °
100 % Average g force 0.89 g0.75 g min to max 0.96 g 0.90 0.75 g
Info Average VSI 1,993 fpm1,744 fpm min to max 2,325 fpm 2,325 1,744 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,167 ft agl875 ft agl min to max 1,463 ft agl 875 1,463 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 24.7 °18.5 ° min to max 29.1 ° 29.1 18.5 °
Pattern Base Leg 55.00Pattern Base Leg. Distance was less than 1 nm in 3 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading -22.4 °-23.0 ° min to max -21.9 ° -22.4 -23.0 °
100 % Average speed 42 kt40 kt min to max 45 kt 45 40 kt
100 % Average g force 0.90 g0.88 g min to max 0.92 g 0.91 0.89 g
Info Average altitude 1,514 ft agl1,485 ft agl min to max 1,540 ft agl 1,485 1,540 ft agl
Info Average bank angle 4.8 °0.7 ° min to max 8.2 ° 4.7 8.2 °
Info Average pitch angle 17.8 °16.5 ° min to max 18.8 ° 18.8 16.5 °
Pattern Final Turn 100.00Pattern Final Turn. Distance was less than 1 nm in 87 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 40 kt31 kt min to max 50 kt 39 32 kt
100 % Average bank angle 6.3 °0.0 ° min to max 19.5 ° 9.1 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.89 g min to max 1.18 g 0.89 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -773 fpm-1,605 fpm min to max 818 fpm 818 -615 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,018 ft agl386 ft agl min to max 1,569 ft agl 1,552 386 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -3.6 °-16.4 ° min to max 15.0 ° 15.0 3.0 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 525 ft agl · 40 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 546 ft agl · 38 kt
Arrival Final 1 39.26Approaching runway 21 at 2U8 Thomas Creek Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 376 ft agl to 10 ft agl. A decrease of 365 ft in 49 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Approach angle 3.2 °1.8 ° min to max 6.2 °Target 3.0 ° 6.2 1.8 °
0 % Average speed 31 kt30 kt min to max 32 kt 32 30 kt
0 % Heading variation 3.1 °1.4 ° min to max 11.5 ° 11.5 1.4 °
96 % Average bank angle 1.2 °0.0 ° min to max 4.6 ° 1.9 0.5 °
100 % Average g force 0.98 g0.95 g min to max 1.03 g 1.01 0.98 g
Info Average VSI -354 fpm-598 fpm min to max -214 fpm -598 -433 fpm
Info Average altitude 84 ft agl10 ft agl min to max 376 ft agl 376 10 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.5 °3.1 ° min to max 9.6 ° 3.3 8.5 °

Events

Fail Stall Warning Activated 130 ft agl · 34 kt
Fail Stall Warning Activated 90 ft agl · 33 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 118 ft agl · 34 kt
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350400Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-340-255-170-85085170255340Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 88.58Landing on runway 21 at 2U8 Thomas Creek Airport, runway length 596 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was a little below target at 30 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was a little below target at 30 kt. Target 34 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 32 ft agl
78 % Good landing flare
63 % Runway alignment max 0.43 m left0.43 m left to 0.41 m left 0.43 0.43 m
79 % Average bank angle 2.7 °0.2 ° min to max 10.2 ° 0.6 10.2 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.89 g min to max 1.03 g 0.98 0.89 g
Info Average speed 30 kt29 kt min to max 30 kt 30 30 kt
Info Average VSI -430 fpm-444 fpm min to max -414 fpm -435 -418 fpm
Info Average altitude 22 ft agl10 ft agl min to max 35 ft agl 35 10 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.8 °8.0 ° min to max 16.3 ° 8.6 10.5 °
0152944597307.8816243239Runway Distance mLanding Height ft01529445973-18-15-12-9-6-30369121518Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 83.08Touchdown distance was good at 56 m. Touchdown speed at 30 kt was good. Touchdown rate was hard at -418 fpm. Runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.3 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 2 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kt Headwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
89 % Touchdown rate was -418 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 56 mTarget 351 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 30 ktTarget below 34 kt
63 % Runway alignment max 13.28 m left9.68 m left 13.28 7.47 m
0 % Average bank angle 3.6 °0.1 ° min to max 17.1 ° 10.2 1.1 °
89 % Average g force 1.00 g0.60 g min to max 1.88 g 0.89 1.27 g
80 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 28 kt23 kt min to max 30 kt 30 23 kt
Info Average pitch angle 17.2 °9.6 ° min to max 21.0 ° 10.5 18.2 °

Events

Info Stall Warning Deactivated 5 ft agl · 33 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 16 ft agl · 31 kt
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 17 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 18 kt4 kt min to max 24 kt 24 13 kt
Info Average pitch angle 18.6 °17.3 ° min to max 20.2 ° 18.8 18.0 °
Info Average bank angle 7.6 °0.0 ° min to max 16.7 ° 1.9 0.4 °
Info Average g force 0.97 g0.04 g min to max 1.22 g 1.22 0.04 g

Events

Fail Bounce during touchdown 4 ft agl · 18 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 4 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 4 ft agl · 3 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 4 ft agl · 7 kt

Speed and pitch

From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.

Lifted off at 32 kt with 16.9° of pitch.

How to read this

Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then.

60 kt4020020°10°0°LIFTOFF16.9° off18° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH010 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitch

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 m 8 kt 17.9° 0 s
Liftoff33 m · target 35 32 kt 16.9° 2.4 s
35 ft98 m · 3.0 s after liftoff 46 kt 18.4° 5.4 s
End of the climb270 m · 129 ft 60 kt 10.7° 11.5 s

Takeoff from 2U8 21

Takeoff roll100.00
78m13 %
Liftoff speed100.00
32kttarget 35, 3 slow
Runway alignment100.00
0.58m L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb92.73
896fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to 129 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 462 m of runway left.

How to read this

The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length.

500 ft250 ft0THRESHOLDRUNWAY ENDKNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 32 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runway

Plan view the roll down the 596 m runway.

Rolled from 36 m in, never more than 0.5 m off the centreline. Airborne 11 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.

How to read this

The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.

100200300400500THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS1 kn75 %widest 0.49 m LROLL 36 M INAirborne 69 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 69 m of 596 m · 12 %
Behind the start of the roll, 36 mTakeoff roll, 33 m Left ahead, 527 m

The circuit to 2U8 21

Right-hand, 1,000 ft circuit height. The plan shows your circuit over a textbook one for this runway; the profile unrolls the same path from liftoff to the threshold.

Plan landing direction to the left; in pale blue the textbook circuit for your downwind speed, 0.5 nm out at 51 kt

How to read this

The lap from above, with the landing direction to the left: the opposite of the runway drawings. The wide pale-blue line is a textbook circuit for your downwind speed - the downwind a mile out for every 100 kt, every turn at 30° of bank - and your track is drawn over it, each leg in the colour of its mark. The numbers are the four turns, the same as on the profile and the cards below. The 45° line from the threshold is the usual point to turn onto base.

45° to the thresholdTHRLANDING1234downwindbase90+75-89under 75not a circuit legtextbook circuit

Around the circuit height and bank; the turns are shaded

How to read this

The same lap straightened out, so the height and the bank can be read together. Each shaded stretch is a turn, numbered as on the plan. The green box is circuit height, 1,000 ft, on the downwind. The amber line is 30° of bank, and a turn's steepest bank shows red above 32°. "Turn crosswind from" is the lowest height to start the first turn at.

05001,0001,5002,0000°30°HEIGHT ftBANKcircuit height 1,000 ftturn crosswind from 700 ft46°141°211°320°4distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
205 ft
Bank
46°
Speed
79 kt

Early: turned crosswind at 205 ft. US guidance is within 300 ft of circuit height, 700 ft here, so the climb ends on downwind.

Crosswind. Turn 90 degrees when you're within about 300 ft of pattern altitude, which at a standard field means roughly 700 ft AGL, or two-thirds of the way up. That rule exists for a reason worth knowing. It means you finish the climb and level off on downwind, wings level, rather than trying to capture an altitude mid-turn. If you turn crosswind at pattern altitude instead, you arrive on downwind still cleaning up, and the abeam point catches you unconfigured.

Read more in Pattern Work
2Onto downwind
Bank
41°
Height
631 ft on 1,000 ft
Speed
49 kt
Out
0.8 nm 0.5 suits 51 kt

Low on downwind: 631 ft against 1,000 ft, 369 ft below.

Descending on downwind. Power comes back abeam, the aircraft isn't re-trimmed, your eyes are outside judging the turn point, and 100 ft leaks away before base. Shows up as a low gate 2, and everything after it is a scramble.

Read more in Pattern Work
3Base turn
Angle
82° target 45°
Bank
11°
Height
900 ft

Lost marks: scored 55.

4Final turn
Bank
20°
Overshoot
396 m
Speed
40 kt

Overshot: went 396 m through the centreline turning final.

Overshooting final. A tailwind component on base sweeps you through the extended centreline, the instinctive correction is to steepen the bank and, when that's not enough, to skid the turn with rudder. In a real aircraft this is the base-to-final stall-spin scenario that kills people. The sim under-punishes it, because a spring yoke transmits no lightening of control force, there's no buffet through your hands, and no seat-of-the-pants sensation of the skid. You get the numbers of the skidded turn without the feel of it. The correct response is the same in both worlds and needs practising until it's reflexive. Don't steepen past 30 degrees, and if you've blown through the centreline, go around and reset.

Read more in Pattern Work
Entry99Turn onto downwind54Downwind75Base turn70Base55Final turn100

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.

Seven checks, one gate300 ft
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate
On glideslope
On centreline
On speed
Wings level

At the 300 ft gate: glideslope more than 2° off the runway's 3°, centreline more than 1° off and speed more than 5 kt below the approach speed of 38 kt.

When the approach was stable

Never every check met at once: left of the centreline all the way, slow all the way and high until 0.2 nm.

How to read this

Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.

Landing flapSink rateOn glideslopeOn centrelineOn speedWings levelAll checks4 nm321THR
Check metNot metStabilisation gate

The approach to 2U8 21

The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.

Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.

High from 0.6 nm, where the final began, to 0.2 nm (up to 360 ft over), then back on it to the threshold.

How to read this

Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND492300 ft gate4 of 7on glideslopeon centrelineon speed
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height thereStabilisation gate

Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.

Joined 396 m left of the centreline at 0.6 nm.

How to read this

Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.

4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHR305 m L0305 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND383 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 19 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 11 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Slow from 0.6 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to −8 kt).

How to read this

Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.

406080100 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 38+0 kt−8 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on 2U8 21

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
34ft
Threshold speed100.00
29kttarget 38, 9 slow
Centreline offset63.20
0.43m L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
61m
Centreline62.69
13.28m L
Speed100.00
29kttarget 36 or less
Touchdown rate88.88
-552fpm
Impact89.14
1.88G
Bounces80.00
1
The flare77.53

Good landing flare

The crosswind

Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 8° right of the track, 12° of bank.

Wind 270° at 2 kt · 1 kt head · 1 kt across

How to read this

The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.

Side view — the last 596 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 34 ft, 16 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 61 m in, 244 m short of the ideal 305 m.

How to read this

The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 596 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.

34 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −552 fpm · 10.5° nose up · 30 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 34 ft, down at 61 m

Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.

The sink stayed between 540 fpm and 610 fpm from 34 ft to the runway. The nose came up 2.2° on the way down.

How to read this

Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.

SINK RATE FPM · 0 IS LEVEL, LOWER IS COMING DOWN FASTERPITCH · HIGHER IS NOSE UP0−500−1,0000°8°17°touchdown−552 fpm at touchdown10.5° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the full 596 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 7.5 m left of the centreline.

How to read this

The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.

500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 1 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 61 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 61 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.88 G arrival bounced.

Runway used 61 m of 596 m · 10 %
In the air over the runway, 61 mRollout, 0 m Left over, 535 m

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Flight narrative

The flight, operated by Savage Norden Aerial Advertising, began with a departure roll from runway 21 at Thomas Creek Airport. The aircraft took off with a takeoff distance of 46 meters, which accounted for 8% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 33 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time were characterized by a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 2 knots from a direction of 268 degrees.

As the aircraft entered the right-hand pattern, it did so from runway 21 at Thomas Creek Airport, completing the maneuver in less than 1 nautical mile in 33 seconds. The pattern consisted of a series of turns and legs, including a downwind turn, downwind leg, base leg turn, base leg, and final turn. The downwind turn covered a distance of 1 nautical mile, with an angle to the runway of 82.6 degrees. The downwind leg was completed in less than 1 nautical mile in 11 seconds, while the base leg turn covered a distance of 1 nautical mile with an angle to the runway of 82.5 degrees. The base leg itself was completed in less than 1 nautical mile in 3 seconds.

The final turn, which brought the aircraft onto the final approach, covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile in 87 seconds. The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 21 at Thomas Creek Airport, flying from the north-east at a heading of 242.0 degrees and an altitude of 376 feet above ground level.

The landing itself was executed on runway 21, which had a length of 596 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was slightly below the target speed of 30 knots. The touchdown distance was 56 meters, which was considered good, and the touchdown speed was also 30 knots, which was within the acceptable range. However, the touchdown rate was hard, at -418 feet per minute. Additionally, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 13.3 meters from the centerline.

The local weather conditions at the time of landing were similar to those at takeoff, with a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 2 knots from a direction of 270 degrees. The crosswind component was 1 knot, and the headwind component was also 1 knot.

In total, the flight covered a distance of 3 nautical miles and took 5 minutes to complete. The aircraft used 3 kilograms of fuel during the flight.

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