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Slow down before tight turns
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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 500 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,412 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 367 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A330-900 taxied from the parking area to runway 24L at FNBJ Dr Antonio Agostinho Neto International, a movement that required 16 minutes and covered 5 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 24L, the aircraft used 1,351 m of runway, representing 34 % of the available length, and lifted off at 151 kt. Ambient conditions were 26 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 239°, providing a 2 kt headwind and no crosswind.
Climb commenced overhead FNBJ, with the airplane accelerating from 1,513 ft asl to a cruise altitude of 39,000 ft asl, an increase of 37,486 ft achieved in 36 minutes while covering 271 nm.
Level cruise began 4 miles east of Caala and continued for 110 minutes, during which the flight traversed 953 nm.
Descent was initiated 17 miles southeast of FBNP Mmathubudukwane Airport, descending from 39,004 ft asl to 6,412 ft asl, a loss of 32,592 ft in 25 minutes and covering 150 nm.
The final approach to runway 03R at FAOR O.R. Tambo International Airport was flown from the south on a heading of 16.0°, intercepting the glide path at 4 nm and 882 ft agl.
Landing on runway 03R was executed with a threshold speed of 129 kt; touchdown occurred 367 m down the runway at the same speed, with a vertical speed of minus 238 fpm. The aircraft touched down 19.6 m off the centreline, and the total landing roll measured 1,094 m, equivalent to 32 % of the runway length.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good, with the aircraft remaining on the centreline throughout the deceleration phase.
After exiting the runway, the Airbus A330-900 taxied to the parking area in 6 minutes, covering a distance of 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 1,386 nm, required 189 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 15,997 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A330-900 executed a final approach to runway 03R at FAOR O.R. Tambo International Airport from the south on a heading of 16.0 ° at 4 nm and 882 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits, and the local weather was 14 °C with wind 2 kt from 235 °, a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 2 kt tail-wind component.
During the threshold and flare the aircraft maintained a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 129 kt, which was recorded as good. Touchdown distance was good at 367 m and touchdown speed remained good at 129 kt, while the touchdown rate was fair at minus 238 fpm. The touchdown point was significantly misaligned by 19.6 m from the centreline.
At touchdown the aircraft’s speed and vertical rate matched the values noted in the flare, with the same 129 kt speed and minus 238 fpm descent, and the lateral deviation of 19.6 m persisted as the aircraft crossed the runway.
Rollout used a total landing distance of 1,094 m, representing 32 % of the 3,412 m runway, and runway rollout alignment was very good.
Minor refinements should focus on reducing the lateral deviation to keep the touchdown point within a few metres of the centreline and on achieving a softer flare to bring the touchdown rate closer to zero. These adjustments will help convert the already high 93.8 % score into an even more consistent performance.
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