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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Roll the wings level with aileron and hold bank within limits as you establish the climb.
What happened: Bank increased to 1.7° during the initial climb, and wings stayed over-banked at 3.2° into the next climb segment.
Watch for: Attitude indicator bank angle, aiming to keep it near wings-level
Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 47 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 47 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 47 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
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.
At the 1,000 ft gate: off the centreline.
At the 500 ft gate: off the centreline.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 7,785 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,848 ft past the threshold — beyond 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 22 minutes and covered a distance of 6 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Vision Jet, then departed from runway 10 at PWAK Wake Island Airfield, with a takeoff distance of 1,829 feet, which accounted for 19% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 100 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 84 degrees Fahrenheit and winds of 13 knots at 70 degrees. The crosswind was 7 knots, while the headwind was 11 knots. As the aircraft took off, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead PWAK Wake Island Airfield. The climb took the aircraft from an altitude of 1,036 feet above sea level to 30,149 feet above sea level, an increase of 29,113 feet, in 28 minutes and covering a distance of 92 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 93 miles northeast of PWAK Wake Island Airfield. This phase of the flight lasted for 157 minutes and covered a distance of 811 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started 90 miles southwest of HI99 Sand Island Kure Atol. The descent took the aircraft from an altitude of 30,276 feet above sea level to 1,531 feet above sea level, a decrease of 28,745 feet, in 29 minutes and covering a distance of 114 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started 9 miles southwest of PMDY Henderson Field Sand Island. This phase of the flight lasted for only 3 minutes and covered a distance of 5 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 06 at PMDY Henderson Field was made from the west, with a heading of 83.0 degrees at an altitude of 4 nautical miles and 1,079 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 06 at PMDY Henderson Field was characterized by a touchdown point that was 321 feet beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 70 knots, which was a little fast, while the touchdown rate was smooth at -125 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, and the runway rollout alignment was perfect. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 81 degrees Fahrenheit and winds of 5 knots at 100 degrees. The crosswind was 3 knots, while the headwind was 5 knots.
The total landing distance was 2,865 feet, which accounted for 37% of the runway. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took only 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,032 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 230 minutes. The aircraft used a total of 1,484 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Vision Jet has successfully landed at PMDY Henderson Field, but there are some areas for improvement. The aircraft began its final approach to runway 06 from the west, heading 83.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,079 feet above ground level (agl). The landing was completed on a runway with a length of 7,785 feet.
However, the threshold height at 136 feet agl was excessively over the target, indicating that the aircraft may have been too high during the approach. Additionally, the threshold speed was too high at 87 knots, suggesting that the pilot may have been pushing the aircraft too hard during the final stages of the approach. The touchdown point was 321 feet beyond the touchdown zone, which is a significant deviation from the intended landing spot.
The touchdown speed of 70 knots was a little fast, but the touchdown rate was smooth at -125 feet per minute (fpm). This indicates that the pilot was able to control the aircraft's descent and touchdown, but may have been able to touch down more gently. The runway touchdown alignment was very good, which is a positive aspect of the landing.
The local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 81°F and a wind of 5 knots at 100°. The crosswind was minimal at 3 knots, and the headwind was 5 knots, which helped to stabilize the aircraft during the approach. The total landing distance was 2,865 feet, which is 37% of the runway length. This is a relatively short landing distance, but it could have been improved with a more precise approach.
The runway rollout alignment was perfect, indicating that the pilot was able to maintain control of the aircraft during the rollout phase of the landing. Overall, while the Vision Jet's landing at PMDY Henderson Field was successful, there are some areas for improvement, particularly in terms of approach speed and touchdown point accuracy.
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