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Smooth the climb
Enroute Climb scored 75.56 % — GPWS warning, then 250 kt exceeded below 10,000 ft; bank angle up to 69.3 ° at 41 % was the weak point. Fixed, this flight scores 94.11 %.
See Enroute Climb
Start to finish · 11 stages, 9 in the score
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 141 kt with 0.5° 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 takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to 145 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 1,549 ft of runway left; then climbing at 750 fpm on average to 145 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.
Plan view the roll down the 5,511 ft runway.
Rolled from 286 ft in, drifted 5 ft left of the centreline and was back on it to lift off, in 17 kn of crosswind from the left. Airborne 46 % of the way down the runway, before 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 arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.
High from 2.6 nm, where the final began, to 2.3 nm (up to 300 ft over), then back on it to the threshold.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 1,000 ft 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.
Joined 600 ft right of the centreline at 2.6 nm, then inside it from 0.7 to 0.2 nm, then 30 ft left of it from 0.2 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.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 32 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 18 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Fast from 2.6 nm, where the final began, to 1.5 nm (up to +41 kt), then inside the band to 0.6 nm, then fast to the threshold (up to +26 kt).
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
22 kt across from the left, which takes about 9° of crab to hold the centreline at 133 kt. Touched down with 7° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 280° at 33 kt · 25 kt head · 22 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.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 44 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 954 ft in, close to the ideal 1,000 ft.
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 5,000 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft 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 760 fpm at 44 ft to 430 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 4.8° 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 5,000 ft of the 5,511 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 7 ft right of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 15 ft 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 arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The 954 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.41 G arrival bounced 4 times.
The rest of the report
The B-2 Spirit aircraft departed from runway 34 at KPVD Theodore Francis Green State Airport, a small airport located in Warwick, Rhode Island, United States. The takeoff distance covered 2,286 feet, which is 41% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 142 knots, indicating a smooth and controlled departure.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it encountered local weather conditions with a temperature of 29 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 32 knots from a direction of 280 degrees. The crosswind component was 21 knots, while the headwind component was 24 knots. The aircraft climbed from an initial altitude of 224 feet above sea level to 798 feet, an increase of 573 feet in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 34 was made from the southeast, with the aircraft heading 318.0 degrees at an altitude of 743 feet above ground level and a distance of 2 nautical miles from the runway threshold. The aircraft maintained a good threshold height and speed, indicating a well-executed approach.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on runway 34, which has a length of 5,511 feet. The touchdown speed was 133 knots, and the touchdown distance was 949 feet, both of which were considered good. However, the touchdown rate was hard, at -433 feet per minute, indicating a slightly aggressive landing. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, and the runway rollout alignment was also excellent.
The total landing distance covered 3,132 feet, which is 57% of the runway length. The aircraft used a total of 1,343 pounds of fuel for the flight, which covered a distance of 5 nautical miles and took approximately 3 minutes to complete. Overall, the flight was executed smoothly and efficiently, with the aircraft performing well in the given weather conditions.
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