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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 4.1°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
Arrival
Begin raising the nose earlier, by 11 ft, so the flare has time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
What happened: The flare began late at 8 ft, 3.3 ft below the normal band, and a late flare like this usually leaves too little time to arrest the sink before touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and start the flare in the normal band, around 11 ft.
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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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,882 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,882 m of the 3,639 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 325 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 6 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, an Airbus A350-900, then departed from runway 01R at YBBN Brisbane International Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,654 meters, which accounted for 47% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 157 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 32 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 11 knots at 20 degrees.
As the aircraft climbed out of Brisbane, it began its enroute climb, which started 1 mile northeast of the airport. The climb took 17 minutes and covered a distance of 224 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from 1,056 feet above sea level to 39,443 feet above sea level, an increase of 38,386 feet. The enroute level cruise then began 22 miles west of Taroom, and it lasted for 25 minutes, covering a distance of 812 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began another enroute climb, this time from 52 miles north of YBBH Birri Beach Wellesley Islands. The climb took only 3 minutes and covered a distance of 118 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from 39,594 feet above sea level to 41,653 feet above sea level, an increase of 2,059 feet. The enroute level cruise then began 77 miles east of YUBK Umbakumba Umbakumba, and it lasted for 76 minutes, covering a distance of 2,481 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its enroute descent, which started at a latitude of 20.3065772 and a longitude of 114.59892. The descent took 11 minutes and covered a distance of 78 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from 40,774 feet above sea level to 13,442 feet above sea level, a decrease of 27,333 feet. The enroute level cruise then began 42 miles south east of Sok Kwu Wan, and it lasted for only 2 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its final descent, which started 33 miles south east of Sok Kwu Wan. The descent took 11 minutes and covered a distance of 47 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from 12,699 feet above sea level to 1,307 feet above sea level, a decrease of 11,391 feet.
The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 07R at VHHH Hong Kong International Airport, flying from the south west at a heading of 71.0 degrees and at an altitude of 1,273 feet above ground level. The landing was successful, with a touchdown distance of 324 meters and a touchdown speed of 132 knots, which was slightly above the target speed. The touchdown rate was fair at -255 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 19 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 6 knots at 50 degrees. The crosswind was 2 knots, and the headwind was 5 knots. The total landing distance was 1,793 meters, which accounted for 49% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking from the runway, which took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 3,777 nautical miles, and the flight took 155 minutes to complete. The aircraft used a total of 45,966 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A350-900 successfully landed at Hong Kong International Airport (VHHH) on runway 07R, achieving a high score of 99.6%. The aircraft approached the runway from the southwest, heading 71.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,273 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot's final approach was executed smoothly, with a good threshold height and a slightly above-target threshold speed of 133 knots.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's performance was satisfactory, with a touchdown distance of 324 meters, which is within the acceptable range. However, the touchdown speed of 132 knots was slightly faster than the target speed, indicating that the pilot may have needed to apply more braking force to slow down the aircraft. The touchdown rate of -255 feet per minute (fpm) was fair, suggesting that the pilot may have been able to improve the rate of descent during the approach.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 19°C and a gentle wind of 6 knots at 50°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, while the headwind component was 5 knots, which helped to reduce the aircraft's ground speed and improve the landing performance. The total landing distance of 1,793 meters was 49% of the runway length, indicating that the pilot had sufficient runway remaining to stop the aircraft safely.
The runway rollout alignment was perfect, indicating that the pilot had maintained control of the aircraft during the landing and had aligned it with the centerline of the runway. Overall, the landing was successful, and the pilot's performance was satisfactory, despite a few minor issues with the touchdown speed and rate.
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