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Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,643 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 509 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft, an F-35C Lightning, taxiing from the parking area to the runway at EKSB Sønderborg Airport. This process took approximately 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft then departed from runway 32, with a takeoff distance of 745 meters, which accounted for 42% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 188 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 18°C temperature and winds of 4 knots at 200°. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the tailwind was 2 knots. After departing from Sønderborg Airport, the aircraft began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile northwest of the airport and rising from 1,009 feet above sea level to 11,377 feet above sea level. This climb covered a distance of 10 nautical miles and took 2 minutes, with an increase of 10,367 feet in altitude.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 6 miles south of Assens, Denmark. This phase lasted for 9 minutes and covered a distance of 76 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 2 miles west of Auning, Denmark, and descending from 11,698 feet above sea level to 2,149 feet above sea level. This descent covered a distance of 34 nautical miles and took 5 minutes, with a decrease of 9,548 feet in altitude.
The aircraft then underwent another climb, starting 1 mile east of Hals, Denmark, and rising from 2,163 feet above sea level to 3,135 feet above sea level. This climb covered a distance of 6 nautical miles and took 2 minutes, with an increase of 972 feet in altitude. The aircraft then began another descent, starting 2 miles east of Vester Hassing, Denmark, and descending from 3,178 feet above sea level to 1,383 feet above sea level. This descent covered a distance of 7 nautical miles and took 2 minutes, with a decrease of 1,795 feet in altitude.
As the aircraft approached its final destination, EKYT Aalborg Airport, it began its final approach to runway 26R from the east, heading 265.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,347 feet above ground level. The aircraft landed on the runway, which had a length of 2,643 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 166 knots.
The touchdown point was 99 meters beyond the touchdown zone, with a touchdown speed of 137 knots, which was considered good. The touchdown rate was smooth at -141 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.9 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 14°C temperature and winds of 4 knots at 310°, with a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 2 knots.
The total landing distance was 1,202 meters, which accounted for 45% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 10.6 meters from the centerline. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, which took less than 1 minute and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
In total, the flight covered a distance of 139 nautical miles and took 25 minutes to complete. The aircraft used 2,184 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The F-35C Lightning aircraft successfully landed at EKYT Aalborg Airport, achieving a high score of 95.7%. The final approach to runway 26R was conducted from the east, heading 265.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,347 feet above ground level.
The aircraft touched down on the runway with a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 166 knots, indicating a well-executed landing. The touchdown point was 99 meters beyond the touchdown zone, which is a relatively minor deviation. The touchdown speed of 137 knots was also within acceptable limits, and the touchdown rate of -141 feet per minute was smooth, indicating a controlled descent.
However, there were some minor deviations from the ideal landing performance. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 5.9 meters from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was also slightly misaligned by 10.6 meters from the centerline. These deviations are relatively minor and may be due to factors such as wind or pilot error.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 14°C and a wind speed of 4 knots at 310°. The crosswind was 3 knots, and the headwind was 2 knots, which is relatively light and should not have significantly impacted the landing performance.
Overall, the F-35C Lightning aircraft demonstrated a high level of proficiency in landing at EKYT Aalborg Airport, with a total landing distance of 1,202 meters, which is 45% of the runway length. While there were some minor deviations from the ideal landing performance, the aircraft's overall performance was impressive, and the landing was considered successful.
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