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EGSU
Duxford, England
Runway 24L
Elevation0 ft asl
Fuel41 kg

Flight Score

79.01 %
EGSU
Duxford, England
Runway 24L
Elevation112 ft asl
Weight842 kg
Fuel39 kg
30 Mar 2023 0:06 600 nm Scottish Aviation Bulldog T1 RAF 2 kg
Departure Score
82.50 %
Pattern Score
69.73 %
Arrival Score
84.79 %

What went well

Touched down at -55 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 409 m in — inside the full-score zone
1.05 G at touchdown — inside band

What held you back

Departure Climb 1 — Heading variation -2.3 ° at 0 %, −4.17 points
Pattern Crosswind — Heading -22.4 ° at 0 %, −3.00 points
Pattern Downwind — Heading -22.2 ° at 0 %, Average altitude 229.8 m agl at 56 %, −2.87 points

Next time

Smooth the climb

See Departure Climb 1

Pull to 15 degrees at one rate and you get a clean liftoff, pull to the same 15 degrees at twice the rate and you get an overshoot, a push, and an oscillation through the first few hundred feet. The type-general rule of thumb is a rotation rate of about 2 to 3 degrees per second, which means roughly five to seven seconds from starting the pull to reaching the initial climb attitude of around 15 degrees nose-up. Count it out loud during your next takeoff and you will almost certainly discover you have been rotating in two seconds flat.

Read more in Improve Your Take-Offs

Start to finish · 12 stages, 11 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 Climb 1 75.00Departure climb to 15.2 m agl from runway 24L EGSU Duxford.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading variation -2.3 °-156.4 ° min to max 97.0 ° -156.4 -0.6 °
100 % Average speed 55 kn0 kn min to max 75 kn 28 75 kn
100 % Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.3 ° 0.1 1.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.97 g min to max 1.12 g 1.01 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 2.6 m/s0.0 m/s min to max 3.1 m/s 0.0 3.1 m/s
Info Average altitude 1.2 m agl-38.5 m agl min to max 13.9 m agl -38.5 13.9 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.8 °0.0 ° min to max 9.4 ° 0.9 8.8 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 3 ft agl · 28 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 3 ft agl · 28 kt
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 28 kt
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 3 ft agl
Info Pitot Heat Switched On 3 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake On 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Departure Climb 2 90.00Departure climb to 121.9 m agl from 24L EGSU Duxford.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 77 kn75 kn min to max 78 kn 75 77 kn
100 % Average bank angle 2.1 °0.1 ° min to max 4.4 ° 1.4 3.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.83 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 4.4 m/s3.1 m/s min to max 7.1 m/s 3.1 5.6 m/s
Info Average altitude 42.9 m agl15.2 m agl min to max 158.4 m agl 15.2 158.4 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 10.9 °8.9 ° min to max 14.0 ° 8.9 11.9 °
Pattern Entry 96.72Left hand pattern entry from runway 24L EGSU Duxford. Distance was 199 nm in 17 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
93 % Climb speed 81 kn77 kn min to max 85 knTarget 75 kn 77 85 kn
100 % Average bank angle 15.1 °7.0 ° min to max 18.8 ° 7.0 18.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.93 g min to max 1.06 g 1.00 0.97 g
Info Average VSI 2.9 m/s0.6 m/s min to max 5.8 m/s 5.7 0.6 m/s
Info Average altitude 194.9 m agl164.2 m agl min to max 211.1 m agl 164.2 211.1 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.2 °2.8 ° min to max 12.4 ° 12.4 2.8 °
Pattern Crosswind 55.00Left hand pattern crosswind from runway 24L EGSU Duxford. Distance was less than 1 nm in 26 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading -22.4 °-80.2 ° min to max 14.2 ° 14.2 -80.2 °
100 % Average speed 91 kn86 kn min to max 97 kn 86 97 kn
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.88 g min to max 1.18 g 0.98 1.12 g
Info Average VSI -0.3 m/s-1.6 m/s min to max 2.2 m/s -0.1 -1.2 m/s
Info Average altitude 211.0 m agl201.5 m agl min to max 219.0 m agl 210.6 201.5 m agl
Info Average bank angle 17.0 °1.6 ° min to max 25.6 ° 19.4 24.0 °
Info Average pitch angle 2.2 °0.3 ° min to max 5.7 ° 1.8 0.5 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 637 ft agl · 94 kt
Pattern Downwind Turn 70.00Pattern Downwind Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 85.2 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 85.2 °.
100 % Average speed 97 kn97 kn min to max 97 kn 97 97 kn
100 % Average bank angle 13.9 °8.6 ° min to max 19.4 ° 19.4 8.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.12 g1.11 g min to max 1.12 g 1.11 1.12 g
Info Average VSI -0.7 m/s-1.1 m/s min to max -0.1 m/s -1.1 -0.1 m/s
Info Average altitude 200.1 m agl199.9 m agl min to max 200.5 m agl 200.5 200.0 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.4 °0.6 ° min to max 2.2 ° 0.6 2.2 °
Pattern Downwind 56.93Pattern Downwind Leg. Distance was 2 nm in 88 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Heading -22.2 °-94.5 ° min to max 1.0 ° -5.6 -94.5 °
56 % Average altitude 229.8 m agl159.5 m agl min to max 275.5 m agl 201.1 159.5 m agl
100 % Average speed 75 kn62 kn min to max 96 kn 96 75 kn
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.86 g min to max 1.18 g 1.11 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -0.4 m/s-3.4 m/s min to max 4.9 m/s 0.7 -3.3 m/s
Info Average bank angle 4.8 °0.0 ° min to max 12.8 ° 3.8 5.8 °
Info Average pitch angle 0.9 °-3.5 ° min to max 9.5 ° 3.3 -3.3 °

Events

Info Flaps Position 2 660 ft agl · 84 kt
Pattern Base Leg Turn 70.00Pattern Base Leg Turn. Distance was 1 nm. Angle to runway (45 degrees) 4.2 °.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Angle to runway (45 degrees) 4.2 °.
100 % Average speed 77 kn75 kn min to max 80 kn 75 80 kn
100 % Average bank angle 17.0 °7.2 ° min to max 21.0 ° 7.2 20.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.05 g0.99 g min to max 1.17 g 1.00 1.17 g
Info Average VSI -4.5 m/s-5.6 m/s min to max -3.3 m/s -3.3 -3.4 m/s
Info Average altitude 120.4 m agl83.5 m agl min to max 156.2 m agl 156.2 83.5 m agl
Info Average pitch angle -4.8 °-6.5 ° min to max -2.0 ° -3.2 -2.0 °
Arrival Final 1 72.23Approaching runway 24L at EGSU Duxford from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 81.3 m agl to 9.2 m agl. A decrease of 72.2 m in 29 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
46 % Approach angle 2.4 °1.7 ° min to max 4.0 °Target 3.0 ° 3.3 1.7 °
100 % Average speed 73 kn69 kn min to max 80 kn 80 69 kn
64 % Heading variation 0.1 °-1.2 ° min to max 0.5 ° -1.2 0.1 °
51 % Average bank angle 1.8 °0.0 ° min to max 20.5 ° 20.5 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.94 g min to max 1.11 g 1.11 1.01 g
Info Average VSI -3.0 m/s-4.3 m/s min to max -0.3 m/s -2.6 -1.5 m/s
Info Average altitude 24.7 m agl9.2 m agl min to max 81.3 m agl 81.3 9.2 m agl
Info Average pitch angle -2.0 °-5.2 ° min to max 1.0 ° -1.5 0.6 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-70-53-35-18018355370Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment m
Arrival Landing 75.43Landing on runway 24L at EGSU Duxford, runway length 1,340 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly above target at 69 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
97 % Threshold speed was slightly above target at 69 kn. Target 65 kn
47 % Landing and flare profile
98 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.3 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 -0.3 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.0 ° min to max 1.5 ° 0.1 0.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.97 g min to max 1.07 g 1.00 1.01 g
Info Average speed 59 kn49 kn min to max 69 kn 69 49 kn
Info Average VSI -0.7 m/s-1.6 m/s min to max -0.2 m/s -1.5 -0.3 m/s
Info Average altitude 2.5 m agl0.0 m agl min to max 8.0 m agl 8.0 0.0 m agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.0 °0.1 ° min to max 7.2 ° 0.6 7.2 °
07515022530037545001223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450-18-15-12-9-6-30369121518Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 98.11Touchdown distance was good at 405 m. Touchdown speed at 49 kn was good. Touchdown rate was excellent at -0.3 m/s. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.9 m from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 1 kn at 270 °. Crosswind: 1 kn Headwind: 1 kn.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99 % Touchdown VSI was -0.3 m/s.
100 % Touchdown distance was 405 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 49 knTarget 63 kn
88 % Runway alignment max 4.92 m4.65 m right -4.36 -4.92 m
100 % Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.8 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g1.02 g min to max 1.05 g 1.03 1.02 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 49 kn48 kn min to max 49 kn 49 48 kn
Info Average pitch angle 7.2 °7.2 ° min to max 7.3 ° 7.2 7.3 °
Arrival Rollout 93.38Total landing distance 807 m, 60 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 807 m60 % of runway.
85 % Runway alignment max 7.49 m1.70 m left to 5.78 m right -4.97 -0.43 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.02 g 1.02 1.00 g
Info Average speed 44 kn30 kn min to max 48 kn 48 30 kn
Info Average pitch angle 7.4 °3.7 ° min to max 8.7 ° 7.3 3.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.2 0.0 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 11 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 11 kn0 kn min to max 44 kn 29 44 kn
Info Average pitch angle 2.7 °0.7 ° min to max 4.7 ° 3.6 2.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.0 0.2 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 0.99 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 3 ft agl · 1 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 3 ft agl · 4 kt

Takeoff

75.00Rate of climb508 fpm

The circuit to EGSU 24L

Left-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, 0.7 nm out at 73 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 thresholdTHRLANDING123crosswinddownwind90+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.

05001,0001,5000°30°HEIGHT ftBANKcircuit height 1,000 ftturn crosswind from 500 ft19°119°221°3distance flown →
HeightBankA turnCircuit height ±50 ft30° of bank
1Crosswind turn
Turned at
674 ft
Bank
19°
Speed
84 kt

Lost marks: scored 55.

2Onto downwind
Bank
19°
Height
754 ft
Speed
75 kt
Out
0.8 nm 0.7 suits 73 kt

Low on downwind: 754 ft against 1,000 ft, 246 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
4° target 45°
Bank
21°
Height
513 ft

Lost marks: scored 70.

Entry97Crosswind55Turn onto downwind70Downwind57Base turn70

The approach to EGSU 24L

The final from 4 nm.

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

Inside the glideslope band from 0.7 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 70 ft above the slope.

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.

5001,0001,5002,0002,500 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 2° BAND242
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height there

Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 7× larger than distances along the final.

Joined 51 m right of the centreline at 0.7 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 nmTHR128 m L0128 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND32 m R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the band

Landing and touchdown on EGSU 24L

Over the threshold

Threshold height58.18
26ft
Threshold speed97.44
69kt
Centreline offset97.86
0.08m R

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
409m
Centreline88.27
4.92m R
Speed100.00
49kt
Touchdown rate99.47
-55fpm
Impact100.00
1.05G
BouncesOk
None
The crosswind

No wind recorded: nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 3° left of the track, wings level.

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.

The stop

From 49 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 21 s, an average deceleration of 0.05 g.

How to read this

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.

020406030 kt · 405 mtouchdown422 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

Side view — the last 1,340 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 26 ft, 24 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 409 m in, 104 m past 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 1,340 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.

26 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −55 fpm · 7.2° nose up · 49 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 26 ft, down at 409 m

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

The sink went from 260 fpm at 26 ft to 60 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 6.6° 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°5°10°touchdown−55 fpm at touchdown7.2° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the full 1,340 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 4.9 m right of the centreline, and steered back to 0.3 m right by the end of the rollout.

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.

5001,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ FULL SCORE TO 503 M 409 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 409 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 797 m of 1,340 m · 59 %
In the air over the runway, 409 mRollout, 388 m Left over, 543 m
Rollout distance100.00
388m59 % used
Rollout alignment85.29
5.78m R

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