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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 6.8°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
Arrival
Hold the aim point and wait for the speed to bleed before raising the nose, starting the flare within the normal band instead of 82 ft.
What happened: The flare began at 82 ft, 37 ft earlier than the normal band.
Watch for: Radio altimeter: start the flare within the normal flare band
See Arrival Landing
Below a thousand feet the aeroplane is slow, heavy and close to the ground. A steep turn loses lift, raises the stall speed and flattens the climb just when the gradient matters most. A normal turn on course is a rate one — fifteen degrees or so, twenty-five at the outside, this penalty is to acknowledge when a turn has stopped being a turn and become a manoeuvre.
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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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: speed below the reference speed.
At the 500 ft gate: speed below the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 8,984 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 2,002 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 took off from runway 36C at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, after a taxiing period of 16 minutes and covering 2 nautical miles from the parking to the runway. The local weather at the time of departure was 67°F.
As the aircraft lifted off the ground, it took 4,078 feet of runway, which accounts for 41% of the available runway. The liftoff speed was 161 knots. The climb began shortly after takeoff, starting approximately one mile north of the airport and reaching a height of 29,949 feet above sea level. This involved a total increase of 28,304 feet in just 12 minutes, while covering 58 nautical miles.
During the enroute climb, the aircraft briefly levelled out and entered a 2-minute, 10-nautical-mile cruise around Inman Mills in South Carolina. However, most of the climb phase was marked by continuous ascent, reaching this cruising altitude before beginning a more gradual descent.
This initial descent started approximately two miles north of the Taylors Mountain Ridge Airport and ended as the aircraft levelled out at a cruising altitude of 29,440 feet above sea level. It should be noted, however, that the cruise phase was again short-lived, as the aircraft resumed its descent to begin a more steep and prolonged drop.
This next descent took place around 25SC Mountain Ridge Airport in South Carolina and started at an altitude of approximately 29,440 feet above sea level, only to end at an altitude of 20,515 feet, resulting in a total decrease of 8,925 feet and taking 9 minutes to cover 46 nautical miles.
As the aircraft levelled out at its new cruising altitude, it entered another 2-minute, less-than-one-nautical-mile cruise around Stol-It Farm in South Carolina. However, this brief cruise was soon followed by another more prolonged descent from an altitude of 20,322 feet above sea level to a mere 3,995 feet above sea level.
The last part of the flight began as the aircraft levelled out for a 9-minute cruise around East Point in Georgia, covering 13 nautical miles. Once more, this cruise phase ended, followed by another descent from the 3,642-foot altitude above sea level to the 2,903 feet, a descent of 739 feet and took merely 2 minutes to cover 3 nautical miles.
A final cruise took place when the aircraft flew from 3 miles south-west of Douglasville, Georgia, for 5 minutes covering 12 nautical miles. However, this cruise ultimately gave way to the next descent which ended at an altitude of 2,224 ft.
The final descent started 4 miles north-west of Union City, Georgia, with the aircraft descending from an altitude of 2,898 feet above sea level, down to an altitude of 2,224 feet above sea level, a decrease of 674 feet in only 2 minutes, while covering a mere 3 nautical miles.
As the aircraft prepared to land, it turned onto its final approach path, heading 90.0° towards Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport, maintaining an altitude of 1,199 feet above ground level (agl) and covering a distance of 4 nautical miles from the west.
The aircraft landed on runway 08L at KATL, a runway 8,984 feet long, under clear skies and good visibility, with a temperature of 71°F. The touchdown point was 622 feet beyond the threshold, and with a touchdown speed of 124 knots, the aircraft displayed an acceptable touchdown rate of -176 fpm.
The total landing distance of 3,692 feet accounted for 41% of the available runway, while the runway rollout alignment remained very good. The taxiing to the parking from the runway took approximately 10 minutes and covered less than
The Airbus A320 successfully landed on runway 08L at the Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (KATL) with a performance score of 97.3%. The aircraft approached the runway from the west, headed at 90 degrees, and descended to an altitude of 4 nautical miles and 1,199 feet above ground level (agl) before making the landing.
Upon final approach, the aircraft displayed good control and adherence to the standard operating procedures. The threshold height was good, indicating that the crew had sufficient altitude to clear any obstacles at the threshold of the runway, and the threshold speed was also within the acceptable range, at 135 knots. This suggests that the crew had maintained a controlled approach speed and were well within the bounds of a safe landing.
Upon touching down on the runway, the aircraft was at a speed of 124 knots, which was within the desirable range for a safe landing. The vertical descent rate of the aircraft at touchdown was also good at -176 feet per minute (fpm), indicating that the crew had maintained a smooth and controlled descent throughout the approach.
While the touchdown point was slightly misaligned from the centreline of the runway, the aircraft exhibited a very good runway rollout alignment, suggesting that the flight crew successfully maintained control of the aircraft's trajectory and were able to smoothly roll out of the landing. The total landing distance of 3,692 feet was 41% of the runway length, indicating that the crew had managed to land the aircraft safely and efficiently. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were good, with a temperature of 71 degrees Fahrenheit.
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