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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive rate of climb is confirmed after liftoff.
What happened: The landing gear was never raised during the initial climb and was still down when the climb ended.
Watch for: Landing gear lever: UP promptly after confirming a positive rate of climb.
Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
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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 305 m and 152 m above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
At the 305 m gate: speed 8 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 140 kt.
At the 152 m gate: speed 8 kt SLOW on the reference speed of 140 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,602 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 472 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.80 G arrival is the firm side of smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 21 at EDSB Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport in 7 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 21, the aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 1,518 m, representing 55 % of the runway, and lifted off at 159 kt. Ambient conditions were 26 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 275°, giving a crosswind component of 2 kt and a headwind component of 1 kt.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile south-west of EDSB, with the A320 ascending from 421 m asl to 10,362 m asl - an increase of 9,941.0 m - in 17 minutes while covering 119 nm.
The first cruise segment began overhead Biebelnheim in Rheinland-Pfalz and was maintained for 42 minutes, during which the aircraft travelled 299 nm at level flight.
Descent started 3 miles east of Tillingham, Essex, with the aircraft descending from 10,363 m asl to 2,159 m asl - a loss of 8,203.2 m - in 11 minutes and covering 63 nm.
A brief cruise followed, beginning 1 mile south of Barnet, Greater London, lasting 3 minutes and spanning 14 nm.
The second descent began overhead Seer Green, Buckinghamshire, with a reduction from 2,134 m asl to 398 m asl - a decrease of 1,735.6 m - in 6 minutes, covering 20 nm.
Final approach to runway 09L at EGLL London Heathrow was executed from the west, on a heading of 90.0° at 4 nm and 372.2 m agl.
Landing on runway 09L, which is 3,594 m long, was achieved with a threshold speed of 132 kt. Touchdown occurred 62 m beyond the touchdown zone at 129 kt, with a firm touchdown rate of minus 1.7 m/s and a lateral deviation of 7.3 m from the centreline. Local weather reported 30 °C, wind 5 kt from 91°, with no crosswind and a headwind component of 5 kt.
The rollout distance measured 1,075 m, representing 30 % of the runway, and the aircraft’s path was slightly misaligned by 7.7 m from the centreline during the roll.
The A320 taxied from the runway to the parking area in 6 minutes, covering 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 524 nm, required 93 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 3,298 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A320 established a final approach to runway 09L at EGLL from the west, maintaining a heading of 90.0° at 4 NM and an altitude of 372.2 m AGL. Local weather was 30 °C with a wind of 5 kt from 91°, giving a 5 kt headwind and zero cross-wind.
The aircraft achieved a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 132 kt, which was described as good.
Touchdown occurred 62 m beyond the touchdown zone with a speed of 129 kt, noted as good, and a firm vertical rate of minus 1.7 m/s. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 7.3 m from the centreline, and the total landing distance measured 1,075 m, representing 30 % of the 3,594 m runway.
During rollout the aircraft remained slightly misaligned, deviating 7.7 m from the centreline.
With a score of 96.1 % the landing was strong; reduce the touchdown offset by targeting the designated touchdown zone to keep the landing point within the first 50 m, and refine centreline tracking on final and rollout to limit lateral deviation to within a few metres.
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