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Slow down before tight turns
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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,854 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,854 m of the 3,046 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 615 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 777-300ER taxied from the parking area to the runway in 8 minutes, covering a distance of 3 nm.
The aircraft commenced its departure roll on runway 25R at KLAX, using 1,705 m (47 % of the runway) and lifted off at a speed of 189 kt. Ambient conditions were 28 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 180°, a cross-wind component of 2 kt and no head-wind.
The first en-route climb began overhead KLAX, climbing from 511 ft asl to 30,990 ft asl - an increase of 30,479 ft - in 20 minutes while covering 138 nm.
A level cruise segment started 4 nm east of Pine Valley, California, and lasted 150 minutes, during which 1,234 nm were flown.
The second climb segment started 4 nm north-west of Alto Lucero, Mexico, climbing from 31,001 ft asl to 32,991 ft asl - an increase of 1,990 ft - in 3 minutes and covering 26 nm.
A subsequent cruise began 9 nm east of Cazones de Herrera, Mexico, lasting 234 minutes and encompassing 1,939 nm.
The third climb started 4 nm east of Puerto Santander, Colombia, climbing from 33,000 ft asl to 34,990 ft asl - an increase of 1,989 ft - in 3 minutes and covering 28 nm.
The following cruise segment began 5 nm south of Chanaumes, Colombia, and continued for 238 minutes, covering 2,036 nm.
Descent commenced 14 nm north-west of Sao João del Rei, Brazil, descending from 34,985 ft asl to 1,319 ft asl - a decrease of 33,666 ft - in 23 minutes while covering 126 nm.
The final approach to runway 15 at SBGL Rio Galeão - Tom Jobim International Airport was flown from the north-west, heading 126.0° at 4 nm and 1,294 ft agl, with a further descent from 1,324 ft agl to 103 ft agl in 93 seconds; the approach met the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 15, whose length is 3,046 m, occurred with a threshold speed of 150 kt. Touchdown was 206 m beyond the touchdown zone, at a speed of 150 kt, a rate of minus 204 fpm, and a lateral offset of 7.1 m from the centreline. Local weather was 20 °C with a wind of 2 kt from 20°, a cross-wind of 1 kt and no head-wind. The total landing distance recorded was 1,780 m (58 % of the runway).
Runway rollout alignment was very good.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 5,541 nm, took 680 minutes, and consumed 94,401 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 777-300ER approached runway 15 at SBGL from the north-west on a heading of 126.0° at 4 nm and 1,294 ft agl. The final approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope, centreline and speed all within limits. Descent was recorded from 1,324 ft agl to 103 ft agl in 93 seconds and the approach earned the stabilisation-gate scores.
At threshold the height was reported as good and the threshold speed was good at 150 kt, indicating the aircraft met the required parameters for the flare segment.
Touchdown occurred 206 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 150 kt was noted as a little fast, the vertical rate was fair at minus 204 fpm, and the touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 7.1 m from the centreline.
Rollout alignment was very good. The aircraft travelled a total landing distance of 1,780 m, representing 58 % of the 3,046 m runway, and remained well aligned with the centreline during deceleration.
To improve the score, aim to place the main-gear touchdown nearer the aim point around 300 m from the threshold and keep the touchdown speed closer to the target value. Reducing the lateral offset to within a metre of the centreline will also tighten the rollout performance.
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