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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Roll the wings level with aileron and hold bank within limits as you establish the climb.
What happened: Bank increased to 0.8° during the initial climb, and wings stayed over-banked at 16° into the next climb segment.
Watch for: Attitude indicator bank angle, aiming to keep it near wings-level
Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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.
One stabilised approach gate: seven 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.
At the 500 ft gate: off the centreline.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,771 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 311 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 12 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 777-300, then departed from runway 34 at Macau International Airport, VMMC, with a takeoff distance of 1,531 meters, which accounted for 58% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 176 knots.
As the aircraft took off, it encountered local weather conditions of 34 degrees Celsius temperature and a wind speed of 3 knots at 50 degrees. The crosswind was 3 knots, and the headwind was 1 knot. After departing from Macau, the aircraft began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile north of the airport and reaching an altitude of 30,619 feet above sea level. This climb, which covered a distance of 124 nautical miles, took 21 minutes and resulted in an increase of 29,869 feet in altitude.
The enroute level cruise started 71 miles west of Pratas Island, Taiwan, and lasted for 63 minutes, covering a distance of 519 nautical miles. The aircraft then began another enroute climb, this time from 30,663 feet to 32,653 feet above sea level, an increase of 1,990 feet in 3 minutes, covering 30 nautical miles. This climb was followed by a level cruise that started overhead Concepcion Ibaba, Philippines, and lasted for 206 minutes, covering a distance of 1,680 nautical miles.
The aircraft continued its journey with several more enroute climbs and level cruises, each lasting for varying periods of time and covering different distances. These climbs and cruises took the aircraft over various locations, including the Philippines and Indonesia, before it began its descent towards Queenstown International Airport, NZQN.
The descent started 33 miles north-west of Gorge River Airstrip, New Zealand, and took 22 minutes to descend from 36,801 feet to 1,345 feet above sea level, a decrease of 35,456 feet. The final approach to runway 05 at NZQN was made from the west, heading 77.0 degrees at 1 nautical mile and 175 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 05 was successful, with a touchdown distance of 310 meters and a touchdown speed of 141 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -288 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 4.5 meters from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were 0 degrees Celsius temperature and a wind speed of 4 knots at 40 degrees, with a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 3 knots.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking, which took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 5,059 nautical miles, taking 638 minutes, and the aircraft used 83,543 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 777-300 aircraft successfully landed at Queenstown International Airport (NZQN) on runway 05, achieving a score of 98.2%. The final approach was conducted from the west, heading 77.0° at 1 nautical mile and 175 feet above ground level (agl). The aircraft's approach and landing performance were satisfactory, with a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 147 knots, which is within the acceptable range.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's speed was slightly higher than desired at 141 knots, indicating a potential for a slightly longer rollout. However, the touchdown distance of 310 meters was within the acceptable range, and the runway touchdown position was only slightly misaligned by 4.5 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 0°C and a gentle headwind of 3 knots, did not pose any significant challenges to the landing.
The total landing distance of 1,243 meters was 70% of the runway length, which is a reasonable distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was successful, and the aircraft's performance was satisfactory, with only minor areas for improvement.
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