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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 7.2 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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 1,736 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,736 m of the 3,655 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 291 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 14 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 777-300, then departed from runway 07C at Hong Kong International Airport (VHHH). The takeoff distance was 1,522 meters, which accounted for 44% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 175 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 27 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 9 knots at 80 degrees.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead the airport. The climb took 15 minutes and covered a distance of 95 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 1,087 feet above sea level to 36,445 feet above sea level, an increase of 35,358 feet. The enroute level cruise then began 63 miles south of Shanwei, China, and lasted for 30 minutes, covering a distance of 252 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 10 miles southeast of P'Eng Hu Makung, Taiwan, and took 22 minutes to complete, during which the aircraft descended from 36,382 feet above sea level to 1,344 feet above sea level, a decrease of 35,038 feet. The descent covered a distance of 125 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 05L at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (RCTP) was made from the southwest, heading 49.0 degrees at an altitude of 1,248 feet above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway.
The landing on runway 05L was successful, with a touchdown distance of 292 meters, which was good. However, the touchdown speed was a little fast at 135 knots, and the touchdown rate was very heavy at -785 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.6 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 24 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 16 knots at 60 degrees.
The total landing distance was 1,652 meters, which accounted for 45% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 481 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 85 minutes. The aircraft used 10,280 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 777-300 aircraft successfully landed on runway 05L at RCTP Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, achieving an overall score of 87.9%. The final approach to the runway was initiated from the southwest, with a heading of 49.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,248 feet above ground level.
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on the runway at a speed of 135 knots, which was slightly above the target speed. However, the touchdown distance of 292 meters was within the acceptable range. The threshold height at 55 feet above ground level was slightly above the target, but the threshold speed of 141 knots was satisfactory.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned from the centerline by 6.6 meters, which may have been due to factors such as wind or pilot error. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 24°C, with a wind speed of 16 knots at a direction of 60°. The crosswind component was minimal at 3 knots, while the headwind component was 16 knots, which may have contributed to the slight misalignment.
The total landing distance of 1,652 meters was 45% of the runway length, which is within the acceptable range. The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the aircraft was able to maintain a stable and controlled descent after touchdown.
Overall, while there were some minor deviations from the target parameters, the landing was considered successful, and the aircraft was able to come to a stop within a reasonable distance. However, the heavy touchdown rate of -785 feet per minute and the slightly fast touchdown speed may indicate areas for improvement in the pilot's technique or the aircraft's performance.
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