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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
On the roll, make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline within 18 m.
What happened: The takeoff roll drifted off the centreline by 18 m, and excess bank then carried through all three climb segments. A drifted roll like this usually leads into wandering bank angle through the climb.
Watch for: Watch the heading indicator and runway centreline during the roll, and the attitude indicator for wings level through the climb.
See Departure RollDeparture Climb 1Departure Climb 2Departure Climb 3
Below a thousand feet the aeroplane is slow, heavy and close to the ground. A steep turn loses lift, raises the stall speed and flattens the climb just when the gradient matters most. A normal turn on course is a rate one — fifteen degrees or so, twenty-five at the outside, this penalty is to acknowledge when a turn has stopped being a turn and become a manoeuvre.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 149 kt with 9.2° 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 930 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 2,130 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,680 fpm on average to 930 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 3,602 m runway.
Rolled from 119 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 18 m at the widest, and lifted off 18 m left, in 7 kn of crosswind from the left. Airborne 33 % 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 1° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 40 ft below 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 45× larger than distances along the final.
Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 8 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 33 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 20 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between +4 kt and +17 kt on the approach speed of 132 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
Poor landing flare
No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 017° at 3 kt · 3 kt head · 0 kt across
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 135 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 31 s, an average deceleration of 0.20 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 1 ft, 49 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 630 m in, 325 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 480 fpm at 53 ft to 200 fpm at touchdown. The pitch barely changed.
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 2,447 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline.
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 630 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took 5 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 16 at LOWW Vienna International Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,079 meters, which accounted for 30% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 149 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 2 degrees Celsius and wind speeds of 21 knots at 140 degrees. The crosswind was 9 knots, while the headwind was 19 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead Enzersdorf an der Fischa in Niederoesterreich, Austria. It climbed from an altitude of 1,560 feet above sea level to 29,786 feet above sea level, an increase of 28,226 feet, in 10 minutes and covering a distance of 51 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started overhead Langenwang in Steiermark, Austria, and lasted for 3 minutes, covering 21 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another enroute climb, starting overhead Niklasdorf in Steiermark, Austria, and climbed from 29,846 feet above sea level to 33,644 feet above sea level, an increase of 3,798 feet, in 3 minutes and covering 21 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 6 miles north of Poels in Steiermark, Austria, and the aircraft descended from 33,647 feet above sea level to 29,755 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,892 feet, in 3 minutes and covering 22 nautical miles. Another enroute climb started 2 miles north of Ranten in Steiermark, Austria, and the aircraft climbed from 29,739 feet above sea level to 32,877 feet above sea level, an increase of 3,138 feet, in 3 minutes and covering 22 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 3 miles west of Sankt Michael im Lungau in Salzburg, Austria, and lasted for 21 minutes, covering 131 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 3 miles south of LIQM Aviosuperficie Passo del Tonale Ponte di Legno in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, and the aircraft descended from 32,731 feet above sea level to 1,599 feet above sea level, a decrease of 31,132 feet, in 19 minutes and covering 75 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 36 at LIML Milano Linate Airport was from the south, with a heading of 356.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,243 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 36 was successful, with a touchdown point 214 meters beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was slightly above the target at 141 knots, and the touchdown rate was fair at -246 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the local weather conditions were a temperature of 7 degrees Celsius and wind speeds of 4 knots at 29 degrees.
The total landing distance was 1,968 meters, which accounted for 80% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect. The total flight distance was 351 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 75 minutes. The aircraft used a total of -1,808 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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