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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 16°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
A crosswind landing is a geometry problem. The air mass you're flying in is moving sideways across the runway, and you need your ground track down the centreline with your wheels aligned to it at the moment of contact. There are two techniques that will help, the crab and the sideslip.
Read more in Crosswind Landings in the SimStart to finish · 23 stages, 21 scored
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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 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 10,000 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,318 ft 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 12 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 24 at LIRN Naples International Airport. The takeoff distance was 5,183 feet, which accounted for 77% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 153 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were favorable, with a temperature of 68°F and a wind speed of 0 knots at 359°. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead Vicaria in Campania, Italy. The climb from 1,146 feet above sea level to 35,929 feet above sea level, an increase of 34,782 feet, took 26 minutes and covered a distance of 110 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started overhead Roccantica in Lazio, Italy, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering 13 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another climb, this time from 35,950 feet above sea level to 37,359 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,409 feet, in 2 minutes and covering 13 nautical miles. The climb started 2 miles southwest of Narni in Umbria, Italy.
The enroute descent started overhead Montecchio in Umbria, Italy, and the aircraft descended from 37,452 feet above sea level to 35,913 feet above sea level, a decrease of 1,539 feet, in 2 minutes and covering 12 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise then started overhead Ficulle in Umbria, Italy, and lasted for 97 minutes, covering 702 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began another climb, this time from 36,358 feet above sea level to 38,081 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,723 feet, in 2 minutes and covering 12 nautical miles. The climb started 1 mile north of Lingfield in Surrey, England. The enroute level cruise then started overhead Leatherhead in Surrey, England, and lasted for 27 minutes, covering 191 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 11 miles north of Saint Davids in Pembrokeshire, Wales, and the aircraft descended from 38,049 feet above sea level to 1,330 feet above sea level, a decrease of 36,719 feet, in 32 minutes and covering 133 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 24 at EINN Shannon Airport was from the north-east, heading 232.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,275 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 24 at EINN Shannon Airport was successful, with a touchdown distance of 1,321 feet. However, the touchdown speed was a little fast at 133 knots, and the touchdown rate was hard at -484 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 25 feet from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were less favorable, with a temperature of 54°F and a wind speed of 6 knots at 140°.
The total landing distance was 3,564 feet, which accounted for 36% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 64 feet from the centreline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,197 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 206 minutes. The aircraft used 20,201 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 aircraft successfully landed at Shannon Airport, EINN, on runway 24. The final approach was initiated from the north-east, heading 232.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,275 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft maintained a steady course throughout the approach, with a slight deviation in threshold height, being above the target at 62 feet agl.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's speed was slightly above the target at 138 knots, which may have contributed to a hard touchdown rate of -484 feet per minute (fpm). The touchdown speed of 133 knots was also a little fast, indicating that the pilot may have been unable to fully arrest the aircraft's descent before touchdown. The touchdown distance of 1,321 feet was within acceptable limits, however.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 25 feet from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the aircraft's approach path. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 54°F and a wind speed of 6 knots from 140°. The crosswind component was 5 knots, while the headwind component was negligible at 0 knots.
The total landing distance of 3,564 feet was 36% of the available runway length, which is within acceptable limits. However, the runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 64 feet from the centreline, indicating that the pilot may have struggled to maintain a straight course during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was successful, but there were some minor deviations from the target parameters.
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