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On a 3° glideslope your sink rate in feet per minute is roughly your groundspeed in knots times five (5.3, strictly). A Cessna 172 at 65 kt groundspeed is coming down at about 345 fpm. An A320 at 140 kt groundspeed is coming down at about 740 fpm. the entire job of the flare is to take that 350 to 750 fpm and reduce it to something in the normal band, in roughly the last five seconds of the flight.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 99 kt with 5.0° 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 shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 967 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 521 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,970 fpm on average to 967 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. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 970 m runway.
Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted right of the centreline, 17 m at the widest, and lifted off 12 m right, in 10 kn of crosswind from the right. Airborne 34 % 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 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 1.0 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 310 ft above the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m 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 251 m left of the centreline at 1.0 nm.
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 78 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 48 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between −3 kt and +11 kt on the approach speed of 80 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
Very poor landing flare
Little crosswind (2 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 1° left of the track, wings level.
Wind 027° at 9 kt · 8 kt tail · 2 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 1,156 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 33 ft, 17 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 138 m in, 166 m short of the ideal 305 m.
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 1,156 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m 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 780 fpm at 33 ft to 640 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.2° 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 full 1,156 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline and drifted to 21 m left on the rollout.
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 138 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.80 G arrival bounced 2 times.
The rest of the report
The Beechcraft Baron G58 aircraft departed from Goodwood Aerodrome, EGHR, on runway 32 with a takeoff distance of 330 meters, covering 34% of the runway. The aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 100 knots. The local weather conditions were reported as 16 degrees Celsius with a moderate wind blowing at 11 knots from a direction of 27 degrees, resulting in a 7-knot crosswind and a 4-knot headwind.
As the aircraft climbed out from EGHR, it rapidly ascended to 3,987 feet above sea level from 1,133 feet, achieving an increase of 2,854 feet in less than one nautical mile in just one minute. After levelling off momentarily, the aircraft began a controlled descent from 3,996 feet to 2,860 feet above sea level, a reduction of 1,136 feet, over 2 minutes and a distance of 4 nautical miles, 1 mile north of Westhampnett. The aircraft then climbed again, this time rising from 2,863 feet to 3,761 feet above sea level, covering a distance of 4 nautical miles in 2 minutes and crossing the West Sussex and Hampshire borders.
The enroute level cruise started one mile west of Itchenor, but only lasted for 2 minutes as the aircraft began another controlled descent from 4,030 feet above sea level, eventually landing at Solent Airport, EGHF. The aircraft descended to just 202 feet above sea level, a decrease of 3,828 feet in 4 minutes, covering a distance of 8 nautical miles.
The final approach was from the north east towards runway 23, heading at 225 degrees at zero nautical miles and 163 feet above ground level. The aircraft touched down with good threshold speed of 79 knots and touchdown distance of 136 meters, at 77 knots. The touchdown rate, however, was heavier than expected at -636 feet per minute.
The aircraft rolled out of the landing run with good runway turnout alignment. The total touchdown distance, covering 92% of the runway was 1,066 meters. Taxiing to the parking area took under 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The flight used 12 kilograms of fuel in total and had a total distance of 22 nautical miles, with a flight time of 12 minutes.
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