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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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Two stabilised approach gates, each with five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 1,000 ft gate: sink rate above what the glideslope needed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,591 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 406 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737 MAX 8 taxied from the parking area to runway 33L at KBOS Logan International Airport in 10 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nm.
Departure roll on runway 33L was executed with a takeoff distance of 2,012 m, representing 65 % of the runway length, and liftoff was achieved at 160 kt. Local weather at the time included a temperature of 26 °C, wind from 180 ° at 7 kt, a 5 kt crosswind component and a 5 kt tailwind component.
Climb commenced overhead Chelsea, Massachusetts, with the aircraft ascending from 946 ft asl to 31,977 ft asl, an increase of 31,031 ft achieved in 15 minutes while covering 84 nm.
Level cruise began over Granville, Massachusetts, and continued for 139 minutes, during which 922 nm were flown at cruise altitude.
A second climb segment started 3 mi north-west of Gilmore, Arkansas, raising the aircraft from 32,001 ft asl to 35,765 ft asl, a gain of 3,764 ft in 3 minutes and covering 23 nm.
The next cruise phase originated 2 mi north of Wynne, Arkansas, lasting 38 minutes and encompassing 286 nm of level flight.
Descent was initiated 1 mi south of Bonham, Texas, with the aircraft descending from 35,998 ft asl to 1,821 ft asl, a loss of 34,178 ft over 21 minutes while traveling 123 nm.
Final approach to runway 17L at KDFW Dallas Fort Worth International Airport was conducted from the north, on a heading of 180.0 °, at 4 nm and 1,243 ft agl.
Landing on runway 17L was performed with a runway length of 2,591 m; the threshold speed was 146 kt, touchdown occurred at 140 kt, and the touchdown distance was 405 m. Touchdown rate was minus 275 fpm and runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather reported a temperature of 32 °C, wind 2 kt from 48 °, a 2 kt crosswind and a 1 kt tailwind.
Runway rollout alignment remained perfect, and the total landing distance recorded was 1,381 m, representing 53 % of the runway length.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to the parking area in 17 minutes, covering a distance of 4 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 1,452 nm, required 246 minutes of airborne time, and consumed 8,653 kg of fuel.
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