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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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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,983 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 224 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 7 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, a CRJ900, then departed from runway 26L at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport, with a takeoff distance of 2,118 meters, which was 70% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 162 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 7 degrees Celsius, with a wind speed of 11 knots at 352 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 11 knots and a headwind of 1 knot. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting overhead College Park, Georgia, and ascending from 2,030 feet above sea level to 36,001 feet above sea level, an increase of 33,970 feet, in 14 minutes and covering a distance of 149 nautical miles.
The enroute level cruise started 5 miles south east of Smithville Municipal Airport in Tennessee and lasted for 7 minutes, covering a distance of 183 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, starting 4 miles north east of Vincennes, Indiana, and descending from 36,000 feet above sea level to 2,159 feet above sea level, a decrease of 33,840 feet, in 16 minutes and covering a distance of 125 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 29 at Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal was made from the east, heading 288.0 degrees, at 4 nautical miles and 1,278 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 29, which had a length of 1,983 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 142 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 223 meters, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 139 knots. The touchdown rate was firm at -318 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was very good.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of -1 degree Celsius, with a wind speed of 6 knots at 310 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 2 knots and a headwind of 6 knots. The total landing distance was 867 meters, which was 44% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 467 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 50 minutes. The aircraft used 2,571 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The CRJ900 aircraft successfully landed at KBMI Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal, achieving a high score of 98.3%. The final approach to runway 29 was conducted from the east, with the aircraft heading 288.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,278 feet above ground level (agl).
The landing was executed with good threshold height, indicating that the aircraft was properly aligned with the runway. The threshold speed of 142 knots was also within the acceptable range, demonstrating the pilot's ability to manage the aircraft's speed during the approach. The touchdown distance of 223 meters was also satisfactory, indicating that the pilot had sufficient control over the aircraft's descent.
However, the touchdown speed of 139 knots was slightly faster than desired, which may have resulted in a firmer touchdown rate of -318 feet per minute (fpm). Despite this, the runway touchdown alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot had maintained proper control over the aircraft's direction during the approach.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of -1°C and a wind speed of 6 knots from 310°. The crosswind component was minimal at 2 knots, while the headwind component was 6 knots, which may have contributed to the slightly faster touchdown speed.
The total landing distance of 867 meters was 44% of the runway length, indicating that the pilot had sufficient control over the aircraft's descent and rollout. The runway rollout alignment was also very good, demonstrating the pilot's ability to maintain proper control over the aircraft's direction during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was executed with high precision and control, resulting in a high score of 98.3%. The pilot's ability to manage the aircraft's speed, altitude, and direction during the approach and rollout phases was evident, and the landing was considered safe and successful.
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