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Maintain the centreline
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A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 214 kt with 3.3° 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 755 ft.
Reached 35 ft 386 m past the runway end; then climbing at 3,850 fpm on average to 755 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 2,756 m runway.
Rolled from 1,229 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 11 m at the widest, and lifted off 11 m right. Airborne 106 % of the way down the runway, past 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 final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.
High from 1.5 nm, where the final began, to 0.6 nm (up to 940 ft over), then low to the threshold (up to 110 ft under).
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 3× larger than distances along the final.
Inside the 1° band from 1.5 nm, where the final began, to 1.2 nm, then drifted 50 m right between 1.2 and 0.4 nm, then inside the band from 0.4 nm to the threshold.
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.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, 2° of bank.
Wind 270° at 1 kt · 1 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 144 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 20 s, an average deceleration of 0.30 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 20 ft, 30 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 304 m in, close to 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 100 fpm at 20 ft to 100 fpm at 20 ft, then back up to 460 fpm at touchdown. The nose went down 1.4° on the way down.
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 2,585 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1.9 m left of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 4.7 m left at the widest.
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 304 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the A10C Thunderbolt II taxiing from the parking area to the runway at TVSA Argyle International Airport, taking approximately 4 minutes to cover less than 1 nautical mile. The departure roll took place on runway 22, with a takeoff distance of 1,667 meters, which is 60% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 214 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 19 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 1 knot from 270 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 0 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile south of TVSA Argyle International Airport, Kingstown. The climb took place from an altitude of 1,034 feet above sea level to 3,617 feet above sea level, an increase of 2,583 feet, in 3 minutes and covering 12 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 4 miles northwest of Georgetown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, where the aircraft descended from 3,625 feet above sea level to 294 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,331 feet, in 2 minutes and covering 13 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another enroute climb, this time starting 13 miles southwest of Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia. The climb took place from an altitude of 294 feet above sea level to 4,283 feet above sea level, an increase of 3,989 feet, in 2 minutes and covering 12 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 2 miles southwest of Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia, where the aircraft descended from 3,939 feet above sea level to 209 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,730 feet, in 2 minutes and covering 4 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 28 at TLPL Hewanorra International Airport was made from the east, heading 268.0 degrees, at 1 nautical mile and 147 feet above ground level.
The landing took place on runway 28, which has a length of 2,585 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was slightly below the target at 152 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 305 meters, but the touchdown speed at 144 knots was a little fast. The touchdown rate was hard at -459 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 16 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 1 knot from 270 degrees.
The total landing distance was 706 meters, which is 27% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also very good. The aircraft then began taxiing to the parking area, taking approximately 6 minutes to cover less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 43 nautical miles, taking 19 minutes, and the aircraft used 1,515 kilograms of fuel.
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