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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Reduce climb power to bring speed back to 175 kt and hold it there.
What happened: Climb speed was 46 kt fast at 221 kt during the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 175 kt in the climb
Arrival
Track the centreline through touchdown using small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway.
What happened: The aircraft touched down off the centreline at 12 m, and drifting off centreline at touchdown usually carries through into the rollout, as it did here with alignment reaching 20 m.
Watch for: Watch runway centreline position, keeping deviation inside the limit through touchdown and rollout.
Ground control varies with speed, full authority at walking pace, progressively reducing as groundspeed rises. The aircraft becomes twitchy at any speed, every small pedal input swings the nose, which can encourage large-amplitude leg inputs that no real aircraft would accept.
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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
At the 1,000 ft gate: sink rate 1,973 fpm, more than the glideslope needed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,633 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,633 m of the 4,000 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 802 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A350-900 taxied from the parking area to runway 09R at LFPG Charles de Gaulle International Airport in 13 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 09R, the aircraft used a takeoff distance of 1,412 m 34 % of runway and lifted off at 174 kt; local weather reported a temperature of 22 °C, wind 5 kt at 124 °, with a 3 kt crosswind and a 4 kt headwind.
Climb commenced overhead Mauregard, rising from 1,332 ft asl to 40,908 ft asl, an increase of 39,576 ft in 26 minutes while covering 165 nm.
The first cruise segment began 1 mile north east of Dinoze (Grand Est, France) and lasted 179 minutes, during which 1,468 nm were flown.
Descent started 33 miles north west of Rosetta (Beheira Governorate, Egypt), descending from 41,000 ft asl to 10,476 ft asl, a decrease of 30,524 ft in 12 minutes and covering 86 nm.
A brief cruise followed 6 miles south west of Tala (Muhafazat al Minufiyah, Egypt), lasting 2 minutes and spanning 9 nm.
The next descent began 2 miles south east of Munuf (Muhafazat al Minufiyah, Egypt), dropping from 9,864 ft asl to 2,946 ft asl, a loss of 6,917 ft in 8 minutes over 33 nm.
A short cruise segment over HEAJ Al Jizah Airport (Cairo Governorate, Egypt) lasted 2 minutes and covered 5 nm.
Subsequent descent started 4 miles east of HEAJ Al Jizah Airport, descending from 2,694 ft asl to 2,283 ft asl, a reduction of 411 ft in 2 minutes and covering 4 nm.
On final approach to runway 05R at HECA Cairo International Airport, the aircraft descended from 1,996 ft agl to 205 ft agl in 103 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 05R, which is 4,000 m long, the threshold height at 70 ft agl was above target while the threshold speed was 128 kt; touchdown occurred 376 m beyond the touchdown zone at 120 kt with a firm rate of -328 fpm, and the touchdown point was misaligned by 14.3 m from the centreline. Local weather at the time was 23 °C, wind 4 kt at 10 °, with a 2 kt crosswind and a 3 kt headwind.
The total landing distance recorded was 1,543 m 39 % of runway, and the rollout alignment was misaligned by 22.3 m from the centreline.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 10 minutes, traveling 3 nm.
In summary, the flight covered a total distance of 1,785 nm, required 253 minutes of flight time, and consumed 21,327 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A350-900 approached runway 05R at HECA Cairo International Airport with an unstable assessment at the 1 000 ft gate, the sink rate being too high. The aircraft descended from 1 996 ft agl to 205 ft agl in 103 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates; ambient temperature was 23 °C with wind 4 kt from 10°, a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt head-wind component.
At the threshold the aircraft was 70 ft agl, which was above the target height, while the threshold speed was good at 128 kt.
Touchdown occurred 376 m beyond the designated touchdown zone with a good speed of 120 kt; the touchdown rate was firm at minus 328 fpm and the touchdown point was misaligned by 14.3 m from the centreline. The total landing distance was 1 543 m, representing 39 % of the 4 000 m runway.
During rollout the aircraft remained misaligned, deviating 22.3 m from the centreline.
Refine the approach to achieve a stabilised sink rate by the 1 000 ft gate and concentrate on centreline alignment during touchdown and rollout to reduce the lateral deviations observed.
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