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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Maintain the centreline
See Departure Roll
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 184 kt with 4.8° 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 964 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 1,674 m of runway left; then climbing at 3,610 fpm on average to 964 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 3,356 m runway.
Rolled from 636 m in, drifted right of the centreline, 8.3 m at the widest, and lifted off 8.8 m right. Airborne 45 % 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 1° band in green.
On the glideslope from 4 nm to 3.0 nm, then high to 1.4 nm (up to 500 ft over), then back on it to the threshold.
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 699 m right of the centreline.
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 · 0 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 116 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 20 s, an average deceleration of 0.25 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 60 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 475 m in, 170 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 1,070 fpm at 59 ft to 80 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 4.0° 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 2,756 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 8.3 m right of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 8.4 m right at the widest.
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.
The 475 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 09 at TBPB Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados. The A10C Thunderbolt II aircraft took off with a takeoff distance of 901 meters, which was 27% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 185 knots, and the local weather conditions were characterized by a temperature of 18 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 1 knot from 270 degrees.
As the aircraft climbed out of the airport, it began its enroute climb from 1,248 feet above sea level to 17,577 feet, an increase of 16,329 feet in just 2 minutes. This climb covered a distance of 10 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its first descent, which started 2 miles north of Bathsheba, and descended from 18,156 feet to 10,379 feet, a decrease of 7,777 feet in 2 minutes, covering 11 nautical miles.
The aircraft continued its flight, making several enroute climbs and descents as it navigated through the skies over Barbados and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. These climbs and descents were characterized by significant increases and decreases in altitude, with the aircraft reaching heights of up to 21,729 feet and descending to as low as 621 feet above sea level.
As the aircraft approached its destination, TVSA Argyle International Airport, it began its final approach to runway 22 from the north. The aircraft was heading 194.0 degrees at a distance of 3 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,322 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 22, which had a length of 2,756 meters. The threshold height at 60 feet above ground level was above target, but the threshold speed at 126 knots was well below target, requiring the pilot to exercise caution to avoid stalling.
The touchdown point was 49 meters beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 116 knots, which was good. The touchdown rate was excellent at -80 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was misaligned by 8.4 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 1 knot from 270 degrees.
The total landing distance was 777 meters, which was 28% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 8.3 meters from the centerline. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, taking 5 minutes and covering less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 122 nautical miles, and the flight used 3,217 kilograms of fuel.
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