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Avoid steep turns at low altitude
Below a thousand feet the aeroplane is slow, heavy and close to the ground. A steep turn loses lift, raises the stall speed and flattens the climb just when the gradient matters most. A normal turn on course is a rate one — fifteen degrees or so, twenty-five at the outside, this penalty is to acknowledge when a turn has stopped being a turn and become a manoeuvre.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 3,015 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 536 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight on the Boeing 777-300 began with a quick taxi from the parking area to the runway at LPPD Joao Paulo II, taking only 5 minutes to cover less than 1 nm. The departure roll on runway 12 involved a takeoff distance of 847 m, which was 33% of the total runway. The liftoff speed was measured at 158 knots. The local weather at the time of departure revealed a temperature of 23 °C with a wind speed of 2 knots coming from 100 °, resulting in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 2 knots.
The enroute climb commenced over Ponta Delgada in Azores, Portugal, with the aircraft climbing from 1,114 ft asl to 37,105 ft asl, covering an altitude increase of 35,992 ft in 17 minutes and a distance of 115 nm. The enroute level cruise phase began 64 miles south of Vila do Porto, lasting 130 minutes and covering a distance of 1,078 nm.
The enroute descent phase began 62 miles northeast of Pombas in Concelho do Paul, Cape Verde, involving a descent from 36,934 ft asl to 1,812 ft asl. This descent covered a distance of 111 nm and decreased the altitude by 35,122 ft within 21 minutes. The landing took place on runway 01 at GVAC Amilcar Cabral, with the runway having a length of 3,015 m. The height at the threshold was 37 ft agl and the speed at the threshold was 136 knots. The aircraft touched down 539 m from the threshold at a speed of 123 knots, with a VSI of -168 ft/min. The local weather at the time of landing indicated a temperature of 32 °C, with a 7-knot wind coming from 10 °, resulting in a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 7 knots.
The total landing distance covered was 1,377 m, which accounted for 46% of the runway. After landing, the aircraft taxied back to the parking area, taking 3 minutes to cover less than 1 nm. The total flight distance for the journey was recorded as 1,314 nm, with a flight duration of 177 minutes. The flight consumed 20,692 kg of fuel throughout the journey.
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