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Departure
Ease the back pressure on the yoke after rotation so the pitch change is smoother and g force stays lower.
What happened: During the initial climb the average g force reached 1.3 g, a high value for that phase.
Watch for: G meter: smooth, steady value in the normal climb band
Arrival
Hold your descent and delay the flare until descending through the normal band, aiming to start it at 45 ft.
What happened: The flare began at 83 ft, well above the normal band, and speed had built to 140 kt by touchdown after crossing the threshold slower; starting the flare this high usually carries the touchdown long.
Watch for: Radio altimeter: begin the flare no higher than 45 ft, within the normal flare band.
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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,680 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,680 m of the 3,984 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 687 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A350-900 taxied from the parking area to runway 31L at UGGG Lochini, a movement that lasted 5 minutes and covered 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 31L, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 154 kt and left the ground after a takeoff distance of 1,045 m, representing 34 % of the runway. Local conditions were a temperature of 28 °C, wind 20 kt from 320 °, with a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 20 kt head-wind.
The climb commenced overhead UGTB Tbilisi International Airport, climbing from 2,536 ft asl to 39,538 ft asl, an increase of 37,002 ft achieved in 35 minutes while covering 239 nm.
Cruise began 49 miles north of Akcaabat (Trabzon, Turkey) and continued for 156 minutes, during which the aircraft traversed 1,166 nm at level flight.
Descent started over Rosenau am Hengstpass (Oberoesterreich, Austria), descending from 39,702 ft asl to 2,749 ft asl, a loss of 36,953 ft in 27 minutes and covering 137 nm.
The final approach to runway 26L at EDDM Munich Airport was conducted from the east, on a heading of 263.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,273 ft agl.
Landing on runway 26L, which is 3,990 m long, occurred with a threshold speed slightly above target at 135 kt; the touchdown point was 281 m beyond the touchdown zone and the aircraft touched down at 140 kt, a speed described as fast.
Runway rollout measured a total landing distance of 1,610 m, equal to 40 % of the runway, with a touchdown rate of minus 180 fpm and alignment described as perfect.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in less than 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 1,550 nm, required 224 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 5,272 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A350-900 established a final approach to runway 26L at Munich Airport from the east, tracking a heading of 263.0 ° at 4 nm and 1,273 ft agl. Local weather was 21 °C with wind 4 kt from 279 °, giving a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 4 kt head-wind component.
The aircraft arrived at the threshold with a good threshold height, and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 135 kt.
Touchdown occurred 281 m beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 140 kt described as fast. The vertical speed at touchdown was good at -180 fpm and runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The total landing distance measured 1,610 m, representing 40 % of the 3,990 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was perfect.
Minor refinements include reducing the approach speed to the published target to avoid the fast 140 kt touchdown and aiming to touch down within the designated zone rather than 281 m beyond it, which will preserve runway margin while maintaining the strong 96.4 % score.
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