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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,186 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 256 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departing from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (KSDF), the Embraer E175 began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 6 minutes and covered 2 nautical miles. As it reached the runway, it initiated its departure roll on runway 35R, utilizing 1,180 meters, or 48% of the runway, to achieve liftoff at a speed of 142 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure featured a temperature of 32°C, with a gentle 7-knot wind blowing from a direction of 70°, resulting in a 7-knot crosswind and a 1-knot headwind.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb phase, which started overhead Audubon Park, Kentucky. The aircraft successfully ascended from 1,439 feet above sea level to 35,017 feet, a vertical increase of 33,579 feet, in just 14 minutes, covering a distance of 106 nautical miles. The climb phase was followed by a 7-minute level cruise, which started 3 miles southeast of Jeffersonville, Kentucky, and lasted for 208 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent phase, which started 5 miles southeast of Hannah Field Monterey, Virginia, and ended with a descent from 34,988 feet to 3,018 feet in 10 minutes, covering 125 nautical miles. The descent was followed by a brief level cruise, which started 2 miles south of Mount Vernon, Virginia, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering 6 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA), it initiated its final approach to runway 01 from the south, heading 355.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,221 feet above ground level. The aircraft landed safely on the runway, utilizing 2,186 meters, or 50% of the runway, to come to a stop. The touchdown distance was 257 meters, and the touchdown speed was 117 knots, which was slightly above the recommended threshold speed of 122 knots. The aircraft then taxied to the parking area, a process that took 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 461 nautical miles, and the aircraft used 1,551 kilograms of fuel during the journey, which lasted 43 minutes.
The Embraer E175 aircraft successfully completed a landing on runway 01 at KDCA Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport from the south. The approach quality was excellent, with a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 122 kt, well within the acceptable range. The aircraft touched down at a speed of 117 kt, which was slightly above the ideal touchdown speed, resulting in a firm touchdown rate of -325 fpm.
The touchdown characteristics were generally good, with a touchdown distance of 257 m, which was within the acceptable range. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 3.6 m from the centreline, indicating a minor deviation from the ideal centreline alignment. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 27 °C and a wind speed of 6 kt at 130 °, contributed to a relatively calm environment for the landing.
The overall performance of the aircraft was impressive, with a total landing distance of 1,084 m, which accounted for 50% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was very good, demonstrating excellent control and precision during the critical phase of the landing. Overall, the Embraer E175 scored 97.8% for this landing, reflecting a high level of proficiency and skill on the part of the pilots.
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