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Work on the flare
See Arrival Landing
Fast at the threshold, normal flare, and the runway seems to refuse the aircraft. The instinctive fix - pushing it on - causes the next one. A fast aircraft forced onto the runway touches nosewheel-first or nearly so. The tell is a touchdown that feels soft followed by a bounce that steepens. Pilots fix the bounce recovery; the cause was the 10 knots at the threshold.
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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 2.6° 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 1,002 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 1,084 m of runway left; then climbing at 1,780 fpm on average to 1,002 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 2,593 m runway.
Rolled from 650 m in, drifted left of the centreline, 1.9 m at the widest, and lifted off 1.7 m left. Airborne 48 % 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 final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 2.8 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 90 ft below 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 595 m right of the centreline at 2.8 nm, then inside the band from 2.1 nm to the threshold.
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.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
No crosswind: nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, wings level.
Wind 270° at 1 kt · 1 kt head · 0 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.
From 88 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 9 s, an average deceleration of 0.32 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 68 ft, 18 ft above the 50 ft target. Touched down 857 m in, 552 m past 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 1,524 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 450 fpm at 67 ft to 100 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 3.0° 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 first 1,524 m of the 2,593 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 0.8 m of it down 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.
Touched down 857 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with taxiing from the parking area to the runway, which took 4 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Cockspur C510, then departed from runway 26 at Linz-Hörsching Airport / Vogler Air Base. The takeoff distance was 606 meters, which accounted for 23% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 99 knots, and the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 16°C, a wind speed of 1 knot at 270°, with no crosswind and a headwind of 1 knot.
As the aircraft climbed, it started its enroute climb overhead Oftering, Austria, rising from an altitude of 2,008 feet above sea level to 5,482 feet above sea level. This increase of 3,474 feet was achieved in just 3 minutes, covering a distance of 6 nautical miles. The climb was a smooth and efficient one, allowing the aircraft to reach its cruising altitude quickly.
After reaching its cruising altitude, the aircraft began its enroute descent overhead Goldwoerth, Austria. The descent from 5,447 feet above sea level to 1,570 feet above sea level was a decrease of 3,877 feet, achieved in 4 minutes and covering a distance of 8 nautical miles. This descent was also a smooth and controlled one, allowing the aircraft to reach its final approach altitude without any issues.
The final approach to runway 26 at Linz-Hörsching Airport / Vogler Air Base was made from the east, heading 266.0° at an altitude of 594 feet above ground level and a distance of 2 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 26, which had a length of 2,593 meters. The threshold height at 69 feet above ground level was above the target, and the threshold speed was well above the target at 106 knots.
The touchdown point was 426 meters beyond the touchdown zone, indicating that the aircraft landed slightly beyond the intended point. The touchdown speed was 87 knots, which was faster than the target speed. However, the touchdown rate was smooth at -103 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect. The local weather conditions during the landing were characterized by a temperature of 15°C, a wind speed of 1 knot at 269°, with no crosswind and a headwind of 1 knot.
The total landing distance was 1,141 meters, which accounted for 44% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft came to a stop smoothly and safely. The total flight distance was 19 nautical miles, and the flight took 12 minutes to complete. The aircraft used 64 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
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