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KSUS
St Louis, United States
Runway 08R
Elevation459 ft asl
Weight13,316 lbs
Fuel3,014 lbs
Wind97° · 12 kn · 4 kn cross

Flight Score

91.30 %
KADS
Dallas, United States
Runway 16
Elevation633 ft asl
Weight12,191 lbs
Fuel1,880 lbs
Wind143° · 15 kn · 4 kn cross
10 Aug 2025 1:08 461 nm Horten Ho229 1,134 lbs
Departure Score
97.41 %
Enroute Score
80.48 %
Arrival Score
96.02 %

What went well

Touched down at -192 fpm — a soft arrival
Touchdown 299 ft in — inside the full-score zone
Threshold crossed at 3 ft and 87 kt — both inside band

What held you back

Enroute Descent — 250 kt exceeded below 10,000 ft; bank angle up to 73.5 ° at 33 %, speed limits at 35 %, −6.26 points
Departure Climb 3 — bank angle up to 21.5 ° at 49 %, −0.68 points
Arrival Final 3 — GPWS warning; Approach angle 3.3 ° at 79 %, bank angle up to 7.9 ° at 87 %, −0.39 points

Next time

Departure

Roll the wings level with aileron and hold bank within limits as you establish the climb.

What happened: Bank increased to 1° during the initial climb, and wings stayed over-banked at 18° into the next climb segment.

Watch for: Attitude indicator bank angle, aiming to keep it near wings-level

See Departure Climb 2Departure Climb 3

Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.

Read more in The Stabilised Approach

Start to finish · 18 stages, 16 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 Taxi 100.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 7 minutes and covered 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 11 kt0 kt min to max 20 kt 0 12 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 12 ktmax 14 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle 9.7 °8.9 ° min to max 10.4 ° 10.1 9.7 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.5 ° 0.1 0.6 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 5 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Engine 1 Started 5 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 5 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Parking Brake On 5 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Engine 2 Started 5 ft agl · 5 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 5 ft agl · 8 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 5 ft agl · 8 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 5 ft agl · 13 kt
Info Parking Brake Off 5 ft agl · 12 kt
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 08R at KSUS Spirit of St Louis Airport, Average speed was 14 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 11 kt8 kt min to max 16 kt 11 16 kt
Info Average pitch angle 10.0 °9.6 ° min to max 10.3 ° 9.7 10.1 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 1.2 ° 0.5 0.2 °
Info Average g force 0.98 g0.96 g min to max 1.00 g 0.99 0.96 g

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched On 5 ft agl · 9 kt
Info Pitot Heat Switched On 5 ft agl · 11 kt
Departure Roll 100.00Departure roll runway 08R at KSUS Spirit of St Louis Airport. Takeoff distance 844 ft 12 % of runway. Liftoff speed was 80 kt. Local weather - Temperature 74 °F. Wind 12 kt at 96 °. Crosswind: 4 kt Headwind: 12 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 844 ft12 % of runway
100 % Liftoff speed was 80 ktTarget 75 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 2.2 ft left2.2 ft left to 0.5 ft right 0.7 0.2 ft
100 % Average g force 0.93 g0.90 g min to max 0.97 g 0.96 0.97 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 11.1 °9.7 ° min to max 11.8 ° 10.2 10.9 °
Info Average bank angle 0.5 °0.1 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.5 0.1 °
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 08R KSUS Spirit of St Louis Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.0 0.2 °
100 % Average speed 92 kt81 kt min to max 100 kt 81 100 kt
100 % Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.0 0.3 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.98 g min to max 1.06 g 0.98 1.03 g
Info Average VSI 537 fpm291 fpm min to max 868 fpm 291 868 fpm
Info Average altitude 16 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 50 ft agl 0 50 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 11.1 °10.4 ° min to max 12.3 ° 10.9 12.3 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 32 ft agl · 100 kt
Departure Climb 2 97.32Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 08R KSUS Spirit of St Louis Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.2 °0.2 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.2 0.3 °
100 % Average speed 109 kt100 kt min to max 138 kt 100 138 kt
89 % Average bank angle 1.0 °0.3 ° min to max 6.1 ° 0.4 6.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.99 g min to max 1.08 g 1.03 1.04 g
Info Average VSI 1,232 fpm876 fpm min to max 2,811 fpm 876 2,811 fpm
Info Average altitude 102 ft agl51 ft agl min to max 384 ft agl 51 384 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 12.3 °12.0 ° min to max 14.7 ° 12.3 14.7 °

Events

Info Autopilot Master Switched Off 184 ft agl · 123 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Deactivated 184 ft agl · 123 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 216 ft agl · 131 kt
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Activated 254 ft agl · 134 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 254 ft agl · 134 kt
Departure Climb 3 89.73Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 08R KSUS Spirit of St Louis Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.7 °-2.3 ° min to max 0.1 ° 0.1 -2.3 °
100 % Average speed 150 kt139 kt min to max 158 kt 139 158 kt
49 % Average bank angle 17.9 °10.4 ° min to max 21.5 ° 10.4 21.5 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.95 g min to max 1.09 g 1.02 1.04 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 3,826 fpm3,009 fpm min to max 4,393 fpm 3,009 4,393 fpm
Info Average altitude 690 ft agl434 ft agl min to max 970 ft agl 434 970 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 16.4 °15.0 ° min to max 18.2 ° 15.0 18.2 °

Events

Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 561 ft agl · 153 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 835 ft agl · 161 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Active Activated 835 ft agl · 161 kt
Enroute Climb 97.80Enroute climb started overhead KSUS Spirit of St Louis Airport St Louis (Missouri, United States). Climbing from 1,519 ft asl to 37,393 ft asl, an increase of 35,874 ft in 10 minutes and covering 54 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
94 % Average speed 271 kt157 kt min to max 322 kt 158 250 kt
100 % Average bank angle 14.8 °0.0 ° min to max 23.4 ° 21.7 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.80 g min to max 1.16 g 0.98 0.97 g
Info Average VSI 4,316 fpm49 fpm min to max 5,856 fpm 4,500 49 fpm
Info Average altitude 14,132 ft asl1,519 ft asl min to max 37,393 ft asl 1,519 37,393 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 8.2 °0.5 ° min to max 18.8 ° 18.3 0.5 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 5,223 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 2,771 ft agl · 201 kt
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Activated 36,012 ft agl · 440 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Active Deactivated 36,012 ft agl · 440 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 6 miles south of Bland (Missouri, United States) and lasted 88 minutes, covering 317 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,370 ft of 37,334 ft asl37,302 ft asl min to max 37,413 ft asl 37,393 37,303 ft asl
100 % Average speed 289 kt255 kt min to max 292 kt 255 291 kt
100 % Average bank angle 2.0 °0.0 ° min to max 20.3 ° 0.6 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.95 g min to max 1.10 g 0.98 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 0.4 °0.2 ° min to max 0.8 ° 0.6 0.3 °

Events

Fail Overspeed Warning Activated 36,481 ft agl · 499 kt
Enroute Descent 43.64Enroute descent started overhead Soper (Oklahoma, United States). Descent from 37,303 ft asl to 2,278 ft asl, a decrease of 35,025 ft in 16 minutes and covering 84 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
35 % Average speed 279 kt204 kt min to max 429 kt 291 204 kt
33 % Average bank angle 13.6 °0.0 ° min to max 73.5 ° 0.1 3.3 °
65 % Average g force 1.08 g0.64 g min to max 2.71 g 1.00 0.83 g
Info Average VSI -1,963 fpm-3,954 fpm min to max 1,644 fpm -10 -2,216 fpm
Info Average altitude 13,006 ft asl2,238 ft asl min to max 37,310 ft asl 37,303 2,278 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -3.3 °-8.1 ° min to max 4.3 ° 0.3 -6.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 9,464 ft agl
Fail Exceeded 250 kn below 10000 ft 6,099 ft agl
Info Autopilot Altitude Hold Deactivated 36,758 ft agl · 506 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Active Activated 36,758 ft agl · 506 kt
Info Overspeed Warning Deactivated 36,756 ft agl · 501 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 9,084 ft agl · 328 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched Off 5,407 ft agl · 240 kt
Info Autopilot Nav1 Lock Deactivated 5,407 ft agl · 240 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Deactivated 5,407 ft agl · 240 kt
Info Autopilot Glideslope Active Deactivated 5,407 ft agl · 240 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 1,724 ft agl · 219 kt
Arrival Final 4 93.37Approaching runway 16 at KADS Addison Airport from 4 nm to 3 nm. Descent from 1,604 ft agl to 1,186 ft agl. A decrease of 418 ft in 10 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
79 % Approach angle 3.9 °3.6 ° min to max 4.2 °Target 3.0 ° 4.2 3.6 °
100 % Average speed 193 kt183 kt min to max 203 kt 203 183 kt
100 % Heading variation -0.9 °-1.0 ° min to max -0.8 ° -0.8 -1.0 °
98 % Average bank angle 3.5 °3.3 ° min to max 3.6 ° 3.3 3.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.79 g min to max 1.41 g 0.99 1.41 g
Info Average VSI -2,499 fpm-2,680 fpm min to max -2,078 fpm -2,399 -2,078 fpm
Info Average altitude 1,389 ft agl1,186 ft agl min to max 1,604 ft agl 1,604 1,186 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -6.1 °-7.1 ° min to max -2.8 ° -6.6 -2.8 °
33.253.53.7541,1001,1501,2001,2501,3001,3501,4001,4501,5001,550Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft33.253.53.754-440-330-220-1100110220330440Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Final 3 90.71Approaching runway 16 at KADS Addison Airport from 3 nm to 2 nm. Descent from 1,171 ft agl to 626 ft agl. A decrease of 544 ft in 24 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
79 % Approach angle 3.3 °2.7 ° min to max 3.9 °Target 3.0 ° 3.7 2.9 °
100 % Average speed 148 kt113 kt min to max 180 kt 180 113 kt
100 % Heading variation -1.2 °-1.4 ° min to max -0.9 ° -1.0 -0.9 °
87 % Average bank angle 3.2 °0.7 ° min to max 7.9 ° 7.9 0.8 °
96 % Average g force 1.02 g0.70 g min to max 1.65 g 1.49 1.14 g
Info Average VSI -1,354 fpm-3,039 fpm min to max -26 fpm -1,271 -189 fpm
Info Average altitude 888 ft agl626 ft agl min to max 1,171 ft agl 1,171 626 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -2.5 °-8.4 ° min to max 3.0 ° -0.4 2.9 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 942 ft agl · 161 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 1,147 ft agl · 186 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 628 ft agl · 136 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 628 ft agl · 136 kt
22.252.52.7535506006507007508008509009501,0001,0501,1001,150Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft22.252.52.753-540-405-270-1350135270405540Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Final 2 98.36Approaching runway 16 at KADS Addison Airport from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 627 ft agl to 337 ft agl. A decrease of 290 ft in 32 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 3.1 °2.9 ° min to max 3.5 °Target 3.0 ° 2.9 3.0 °
100 % Average speed 110 kt98 kt min to max 123 kt 110 102 kt
100 % Heading variation -0.7 °-0.9 ° min to max -0.3 ° -0.9 -0.3 °
92 % Average bank angle 2.5 °0.0 ° min to max 6.0 ° 4.8 6.0 °
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.74 g min to max 1.18 g 1.01 0.89 g
Info Average VSI -492 fpm-1,257 fpm min to max 194 fpm -57 -676 fpm
Info Average altitude 512 ft agl337 ft agl min to max 627 ft agl 627 337 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 0.7 °-4.2 ° min to max 3.7 ° 2.8 -1.4 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated 611 ft agl · 109 kt
Fail GPWS Warning Activated 403 ft agl · 119 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 453 ft agl · 126 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 408 ft agl · 116 kt
11.251.51.752250300350400450500550600650700750Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-290-218-145-73073145218290Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Final 1 100.00Approaching runway 16 at KADS Addison Airport from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 322 ft agl to 20 ft agl. A decrease of 302 ft in 30 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 1.1 °0.6 ° min to max 3.0 °Target 3.0 ° 3.0 0.6 °
100 % Average speed 105 kt88 kt min to max 110 kt 102 88 kt
100 % Heading variation 0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max 0.1 ° -0.2 0.1 °
100 % Average bank angle 0.9 °0.0 ° min to max 3.1 ° 0.9 1.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.92 g min to max 1.12 g 1.01 1.12 g
Info Average VSI -422 fpm-903 fpm min to max -157 fpm -806 -157 fpm
Info Average altitude 62 ft agl20 ft agl min to max 322 ft agl 322 20 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 2.0 °-1.5 ° min to max 6.8 ° -1.1 6.8 °

Events

Fail GPWS Warning Activated still on from Arrival Final 2 403 ft agl · 119 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 281 ft agl · 107 kt
Info GPWS Warning Deactivated 23 ft agl · 110 kt
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-130-98-65-330336598130Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Landing 98.92Landing on runway 16 at KADS Addison Airport, runway length 5,453 ft. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was well above target at 88 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Threshold speed was well above target at 88 kt. Target 75 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
96 % Great landing flare
100 % Runway alignment max 0.1 ft left0.1 ft left to 0.1 ft left 0.1 0.1 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.8 °0.4 ° min to max 1.2 ° 1.2 0.4 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.91 g min to max 1.12 g 1.12 0.99 g
Info Average speed 83 kt78 kt min to max 88 kt 88 78 kt
Info Average VSI -77 fpm-148 fpm min to max -31 fpm -148 -126 fpm
Info Average altitude 3 ft agl1 ft agl min to max 4 ft agl 4 1 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 6.7 °5.9 ° min to max 8.0 ° 6.9 8.0 °
025001223354658Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft0250-60-48-36-24-1201224364860Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 96.57Touchdown distance was good at 299 ft. Touchdown speed at 78 kt was good. Touchdown rate was smooth at -126 fpm. Runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 11 ft from centreline. Local weather - Temperature 94 °F. Wind 11 kt at 143 °. Crosswind: 3 kt Headwind: 11 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
99 % Touchdown rate was -126 fpm.
100 % Touchdown distance was 299 ftTarget 1,500 ft
100 % Speed at touchdown 78 ktTarget below 78 kt
99 % Runway alignment max 11.0 ft left10.6 ft left 10.3 11.0 ft
100 % Average bank angle 0.5 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.4 1.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.12 g0.99 g min to max 1.17 g 0.99 1.15 g
80 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 76 kt75 kt min to max 78 kt 78 75 kt
Info Average pitch angle 9.5 °8.0 ° min to max 11.5 ° 8.0 11.5 °
Arrival Rollout 95.22Total landing distance 997 ft, 18 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 997 ft18 % of runway.
89 % Runway alignment max 19.6 ft left19.6 ft left to 0.0 ft left 11.1 8.3 ft
100 % Average g force 1.03 g0.87 g min to max 1.32 g 1.15 1.00 g
Info Average speed 51 kt34 kt min to max 64 kt 64 34 kt
Info Average pitch angle 11.9 °11.0 ° min to max 12.6 ° 11.8 11.0 °
Info Average bank angle 0.7 °0.2 ° min to max 1.4 ° 1.0 1.4 °

Events

Fail Bounce during touchdown 6 ft agl · 50 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 6 ft agl · 50 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 6 ft agl · 48 kt
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 27 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 17 kt11 kt min to max 30 kt 30 14 kt
Info Average pitch angle 10.0 °9.8 ° min to max 10.5 ° 10.3 9.9 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.0 ° min to max 2.1 ° 2.1 0.1 °
Info Average g force 0.99 g0.98 g min to max 1.01 g 1.01 0.98 g

Events

Info Landing Lights Switched Off 5 ft agl · 35 kt
Info Pitot Heat Switched Off 5 ft agl · 33 kt
Arrival Taxi 95.00Taxiing to the parking from the runway took less than 1 minute. and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 12 kt5 kt min to max 15 kt 15 5 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 0.99 g0.98 g min to max 1.02 g 0.98 1.02 g
Info Average pitch angle 9.7 °8.8 ° min to max 9.9 ° 9.9 8.8 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.2 ° 0.2 0.0 °

Events

Fail Taxi Lights

Speed and pitch

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

Lifted off at 80 kt with 10.9° 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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

180 kt12060020°10°0°LIFTOFF10.9° off12° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH0102030 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchClimb 3

The takeoff, point by point

PointSpeedPitchTime
Brake release0 ft 25 kt 10.2° 0 s
Liftoff822 ft · target 75 80 kt 10.9° 10.0 s
35 ft1,442 ft · 4.4 s after liftoff 97 kt 12.0° 14.4 s
End of Climb 35,756 ft · 970 ft 158 kt 18.2° 35.1 s

Takeoff from KSUS 08R

Taxi lightsOk
Set
Takeoff roll100.00
2,557ft37 %
Liftoff speed100.00
80kttarget 75, 5 fast
Runway alignment100.00
2.2ft L
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Rate of climb100.00
537fpm

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 970 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 3,836 ft of runway left; then climbing at 2,320 fpm on average to 970 ft.

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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

1,000 ft500 ft0CLIMB 3THRESHOLDRUNWAY END3040506070KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLLiftoff 80 kt
On the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayClimb 3

Plan view the roll down the 6,991 ft runway.

Rolled from 1,714 ft in, never more than 2 ft off the centreline. Airborne 36 % 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.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓CROSS3 kn75 %widest 1.8 ft LROLL 1,714 FT INAirborne 2,536 ft from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 2,536 ft of 6,991 ft · 36 %
Behind the start of the roll, 1,714 ftTakeoff roll, 822 ft Left ahead, 4,455 ft

The stabilisation gates

Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.

Seven checks, two gates1,000 ft 500 ft
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate
On glideslope
On centreline
On speed
Wings level

At the 1,000 ft gate: gear still up, sink rate more than 600 fpm beyond what the glideslope needed and speed more than 16 kt above the approach speed of 65 kt.

At the 500 ft gate: centreline more than 1° off and speed more than 10 kt above the approach speed of 65 kt.

When the approach was stable

Never every check met at once: fast all the way, no landing flap until 3.5 nm, gear up until 2.7 nm, sinking too fast until 2.0 nm, right of the centreline until 1.5 nm, low from 0.5 nm to the threshold.

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.

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

The approach to KADS 16

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

Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.

High from 3.8 nm, where the final began, to 3.2 nm (up to 570 ft over), then back on it to 0.5 nm, then low to the threshold (up to 90 ft under).

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, 1,000 ft 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.

5001,0001,5002,000 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 1° BAND6173831351,000 ft gate4 of 7gear downsink rateon speed1,372 ft · 193 kt500 ft gate5 of 7on centrelineon speed556 ft · 109 kt
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.

Inside the 1° band from 3.8 nm, where the final began, to 3.0 nm, then drifted 410 ft right between 3.0 and 1.5 nm, then inside the band from 1.5 nm to the threshold.

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 nmTHR1000 ft L01000 ft RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND263 ft R86 ft R12 ft R319 ft R179 ft R
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 16 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 10 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Fast from 3.8 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to +149 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.

80120160200 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 65+60 kt+43 kt+41 kt+23 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on KADS 16

three-point landing

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
3ft
Threshold speed100.00
87kttarget 65, 22 fast
Centreline offset100.00
0.1ft L

Touchdown

Past threshold100.00
299ft
Centreline98.83
11.0ft L
Speed100.00
78kttarget 89 or less
Touchdown rate98.98
-192fpm
Impact100.00
1.17G
Bounces80.00
1
The flare95.67

Great landing flare

The crosswind

4 kt across from the left, which takes about 3° of crab to hold the centreline at 78 kt. Touched down with 3° of it still on, wings level.

Wind 143° at 15 kt · 14 kt head · 4 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 5,000 ft of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 3 ft, 47 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 299 ft in, 701 ft short of the ideal 1,000 ft.

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 5,000 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft 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.

3 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 −192 fpm · 8° nose up · 78 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 1,000 ft This flight — 3 ft, down at 299 ft

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

The sink went from 50 fpm at 3 ft to 30 fpm at 3 ft, then back up to 190 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.1° 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−192 fpm at touchdown8° at touchdown
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 5,453 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down 11 ft left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 20 ft left at the widest.

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.

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 4 kn FULL SCORE TO 1,650 FT 299 ft past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

The 299 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.17 G arrival bounced.

Runway used 933 ft of 5,453 ft · 17 %
In the air over the runway, 299 ftRollout, 634 ft Left over, 4,520 ft
Rollout distance100.00
634ft17 % used
Rollout alignment89.37
19.6ft L

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The flight began with the aircraft, a Horten Ho229, taxiing from the parking area to the runway at the Spirit of St. Louis Airport, which is located at KSUS. This taxiing process took 7 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then proceeded to depart from runway 08R, with a takeoff distance of 844 feet, which accounted for 12% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 80 knots.

As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 74°F and winds blowing at 12 knots from a direction of 96°. The crosswind was 4 knots, while the headwind was 12 knots. After departing from the Spirit of St. Louis Airport, the aircraft began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport and took it to an altitude of 37,393 feet above sea level. This climb covered a distance of 54 nautical miles and took 10 minutes, with the aircraft ascending by 35,874 feet.

Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which began 6 miles south of Bland, Missouri. This phase lasted for 88 minutes and covered a distance of 317 nautical miles. The aircraft then started its enroute descent, which began overhead Soper, Oklahoma, and took it down to an altitude of 2,278 feet above sea level. This descent covered a distance of 84 nautical miles and took 16 minutes, with the aircraft descending by 35,025 feet.

The final approach to the runway at KADS Addison Airport was made from the north, with the aircraft heading in a direction of 160.0°. The approach was made at an altitude of 1,604 feet above ground level and a distance of 3 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 16, which had a length of 5,453 feet. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was well above the target speed at 88 knots.

The touchdown distance was good at 295 feet, and the touchdown speed was 78 knots, which was also good. The touchdown rate was smooth at -126 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 11 feet from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 94°F and winds blowing at 11 knots from a direction of 143°. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the headwind was 11 knots.

The total landing distance was 997 feet, which accounted for 18% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area from the runway, which took less than 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 461 nautical miles, and the flight took 68 minutes to complete. The aircraft used 1,134 pounds of fuel during the flight.

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