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The rudder input is a changing profile through the roll rather than one that is held. So the demand on your right foot starts large at power application, eases as speed builds and the rudder gains authority, then jumps again at rotation.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 152 kt with 5.1° 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 637 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 3,933 ft of runway left; then climbing at 940 fpm on average to 637 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 12,413 ft runway.
Rolled from 151 ft in, drifted 8 ft left of the centreline and was back on it to lift off, in 9 kn of crosswind from the left. Airborne 55 % 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 arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 130 ft below the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 1,000 ft 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 750 ft right of the centreline, then inside the band from 1.9 nm to the threshold.
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.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 32 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 18 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between −2 kt and +15 kt on the approach speed of 130 kt.
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
14 kt across from the left, which takes about 7° of crab to hold the centreline at 123 kt. Touched down with 4° of it still on, wings level.
Wind 310° at 13 kt · 6 kt head · 14 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 117 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 70 s, an average deceleration of 0.07 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 5,480 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 32 ft, 18 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 1,565 ft in, 565 ft past the ideal 1,000 ft.
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 5,480 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft 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 370 fpm at 30 ft to 190 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.1° 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 5,480 ft of the 12,413 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline, and stayed within 10 ft of it down the rollout.
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 arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The 1,565 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.20 G arrival bounced.
The rest of the report
The flight in question was a remarkable journey undertaken by a B-2 Spirit 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. Departing from runway 01 at Whiteman Air Force Base, the aircraft took off with a takeoff distance of 6,748 feet, which accounted for 54% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 152 knots.
As the aircraft climbed to its initial altitude, it encountered local weather conditions of 35°F temperature and a wind speed of 14 knots at 310°. The crosswind was 12 knots, while the headwind was 7 knots. The enroute climb started 2 miles northeast of Whiteman Air Force Base and took the aircraft from an altitude of 1,539 feet above sea level to 39,827 feet, an increase of 38,288 feet in just 15 minutes. This climb covered a distance of 163 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered a level cruise phase, starting overhead Norwalk, Iowa, and lasting for 108 minutes. During this phase, the aircraft covered a distance of 3,434 nautical miles. The enroute descent phase started at a latitude of 72.717781 and a longitude of 20.4635034, where the aircraft descended from 37,506 feet to 14,215 feet in 12 minutes, covering a distance of 95 nautical miles.
The flight continued with multiple enroute level cruise and descent phases, taking the aircraft over various locations, including Norway, Russia, Belarus, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Ireland. The aircraft climbed to high altitudes, such as 38,118 feet, and then descended to lower altitudes, such as 10,442 feet. The flight also included a climb phase from 10,604 feet to 39,223 feet in just 6 minutes.
The final approach to runway 01 at Whiteman Air Force Base was made from the south, with a heading of 10.0° and an altitude of 1,170 feet above ground level. The aircraft landed on the runway, touching down 194 feet beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 123 knots. The touchdown rate was good at -194 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The total landing distance was 5,209 feet, which accounted for 42% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect. After landing, the aircraft taxiied to the parking area, a process that took 3 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile.
The total flight distance was 9,663 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 572 minutes. The aircraft used 117,684 pounds of fuel during the journey.
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