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Work on the flare
See Arrival Landing
Trim is the hidden variable. In trim, the flare is a small refinement to an aircraft already in equilibrium, a couple of millimetres of stick. Out of trim, you're holding a constant force all the way down final, and the flare becomes a large, badly judged movement stacked on top of a load you're already carrying. A striking proportion of "I can't judge the flare" complaints are trim complaints wearing a disguise. If you're holding pressure at 500 feet, fix that before you practise anything else.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 114 kt with 3.5° of pitch.
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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 788 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 1,070 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,540 fpm on average to 788 ft.
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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 2,110 m runway.
Rolled from 49 m in, never more than 1.4 m off the centreline. Airborne 37 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
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.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 230 ft above the slope.
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.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 52× larger than distances along the final.
Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 7 m off the centreline.
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.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 78 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 48 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between −3 kt and +8 kt on the approach speed of 98 kt.
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.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
Calm: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
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.
From 83 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 19 s, an average deceleration of 0.15 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 67 ft, 17 ft above the 50 ft target. Touched down 504 m in, 199 m past the ideal 305 m.
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 1,524 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.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 460 fpm at 66 ft to 110 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 3.0° on the way down.
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.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,514 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1.9 m right of the centreline, and stayed within 2.1 m of it down the rollout.
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.
Touched down 504 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft, a Cockspur PH100, taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Calvi-Sainte-Catherine Airport, which took approximately 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The departure roll took place on runway 36, and the takeoff distance was 747 meters, which accounted for 35% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 114 knots.
As the aircraft took to the skies, it encountered local weather conditions of 11 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 7 knots at 169 degrees. The crosswind was minimal at 1 knot, while the tailwind was 7 knots. The enroute climb began approximately 1 mile south east of Calvi, where the aircraft ascended from 1,022 feet above sea level to 37,092 feet above sea level, an increase of 36,069 feet in 17 minutes, covering a distance of 72 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 27 miles west of Marina di Pisa, Italy, and lasted for 25 minutes, covering a distance of 170 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent 20 miles south east of Lido di Jesolo, Italy, and descended from 37,245 feet above sea level to 5,927 feet above sea level, a decrease of 31,317 feet in 18 minutes, covering a distance of 100 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise resumed overhead Steindorf am Ossiacher See, Austria, and lasted for 14 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its final descent 1 mile south of Feldkirchen in Kaernten, Austria, and descended from 5,268 feet above sea level to 2,946 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,322 feet in 3 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 10L at Klagenfurt Airport was made from the west, heading 106.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,478 feet above ground level. The landing took place on runway 10L, which had a length of 2,514 meters. The threshold height was above the target, but the threshold speed was good at 95 knots.
The touchdown point was 73 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 82 knots, which was good. The touchdown rate was smooth at -107 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 2 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 1 knot at 238 degrees, with a minimal crosswind and no headwind.
The total landing distance was 945 meters, which accounted for 38% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, and the aircraft taxied to the parking area from the runway in approximately 1 minute, covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 357 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 75 minutes, with a fuel consumption of 400 kilograms.
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