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MY FS FLIGHTS
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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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,962 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,962 m of the 3,591 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 459 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in question was operated by an Airbus A350-900 aircraft. The aircraft began its journey by taxiing from the parking area to the runway, a process that took 8 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The departure roll from runway 19R at ZBAD Beijing Daxing International Airport was smooth, with a takeoff distance of 1,450 meters, which accounted for 43% of the runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 158 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to a higher altitude, it encountered a local weather condition of 8°C temperature and a wind speed of 6 knots at 200 degrees. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the headwind was 5 knots. The enroute climb started 2 miles southeast of ZBAD Beijing Daxing International Airport, where the aircraft climbed from 1,006 feet above sea level to 4,930 feet, an increase of 3,925 feet in 4 minutes, covering a distance of 16 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which started 2 miles east of Langfang, China, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles. The next enroute climb started 9 miles northeast of Langfang, where the aircraft climbed from 5,547 feet to 33,968 feet, an increase of 28,421 feet in 14 minutes, covering a distance of 120 nautical miles.
The aircraft continued to cruise at various altitudes, with a level cruise phase starting overhead Xiaobazi, China, and lasting for 16 minutes, covering a distance of 476 nautical miles. Another enroute climb started 38 miles northeast of Choyr, Mongolia, where the aircraft climbed from 34,101 feet to 36,099 feet, an increase of 1,997 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 49 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which started 23 miles east of ZMSF Nalaikh/Sky Friends Airport, Mongolia, and lasted for 38 minutes, covering a distance of 1,072 nautical miles. Another enroute climb started 26 miles southeast of Kolpashevo, Russia, where the aircraft climbed from 36,002 feet to 37,992 feet, an increase of 1,991 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 48 nautical miles.
The aircraft continued to cruise at various altitudes, with a level cruise phase starting 25 miles west of Kolpashevo, Russia, and lasting for 43 minutes, covering a distance of 1,287 nautical miles. Another enroute climb started 12 miles south of Kargopol', Russia, where the aircraft climbed from 38,061 feet to 40,000 feet, an increase of 1,939 feet in 2 minutes, covering a distance of 50 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which started 21 miles east of Vytegra, Russia, and lasted for 43 minutes, covering a distance of 1,265 nautical miles. The enroute descent started 37 miles northwest of Wenduine, Belgium, where the aircraft descended from 39,167 feet to 6,999 feet, a decrease of 32,167 feet in 9 minutes, covering a distance of 96 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, which started 1 mile southwest of Enfield Town, England, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 13 nautical miles. The enroute descent started overhead Chorleywood, England, where the aircraft descended from 7,000 feet to 2,542 feet, a decrease of 4,457 feet in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 22 nautical miles.
The Airbus A350-900 successfully landed on runway 09L at EGLL London Heathrow Airport, achieving a high score of 99.1%. The aircraft approached the runway from the west, heading 90.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,403 feet above ground level (agl). The landing was executed with precision, with a good threshold height and a slightly above-target threshold speed of 137 knots.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's performance was satisfactory, with a touchdown distance of 458 meters, which is considered good. However, the touchdown speed of 134 knots was a little fast, indicating that the pilots may have needed to apply more braking to slow down the aircraft. The touchdown rate of -308 feet per minute (fpm) was firm, suggesting that the aircraft's wheels made contact with the runway with a moderate amount of force.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of 4°C and a wind speed of 5 knots from a direction of 70°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, while the headwind component was 5 knots, which helped to reduce the aircraft's ground speed and make the landing more manageable. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the pilots had successfully aligned the aircraft with the runway centerline.
The total landing distance of 1,878 meters was 52% of the runway length, which is a reasonable distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect, indicating that the pilots had successfully controlled the aircraft's speed and direction during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was executed with precision and control, and the aircraft's performance was satisfactory.
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