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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 0.6° during the initial climb, and wings stayed over-banked at 2.4° into the next climb segment.
Watch for: Attitude indicator bank angle, aiming to keep it near wings-level
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.
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,094 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 157 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 9 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-MAX8, then departed from runway 35R at Calgary International Airport (CYYC) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The takeoff distance was 1,885 meters, which accounted for 44% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 161 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of Calgary, it began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile northeast of the airport and reaching an altitude of 38,127 feet above sea level (asl) after an increase of 33,559 feet in 15 minutes, covering a distance of 119 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise then started 9 miles east of Lionel P. Demers Memorial Airpark (CBE2) in Elko, British Columbia, Canada, and lasted for 45 minutes, covering 656 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began another enroute climb, this time starting 2 miles south of Carter Springs in Nevada, United States, and climbing from 38,247 feet asl to 38,897 feet asl, an increase of 650 feet in 2 minutes, covering 23 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise then started 10 miles southwest of Walker in California, United States, and lasted for 18 minutes, covering 243 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached its destination, it began its enroute descent, starting overhead Canyon Country in California, United States, and descending from 39,719 feet asl to 1,504 feet asl, a decrease of 38,216 feet in 19 minutes, covering 124 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 27 at San Diego International Airport (KSAN) was made from the east, heading 286.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,474 feet above ground level (agl).
The landing on runway 27 at KSAN was successful, with a touchdown distance of 159 meters, which was good. However, the touchdown speed of 148 knots was slightly above the target, and the touchdown rate was hard at -483 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 22 degrees Celsius and a wind of 6 knots at 140 degrees.
The total landing distance was 1,255 meters, which accounted for 60% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect. After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking from the runway, which took 2 minutes and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 1,173 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 109 minutes. The aircraft used 5,882 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Boeing 737-MAX8 aircraft successfully landed at San Diego International Airport (KSAN) on runway 27, achieving a score of 97.2%. The final approach was initiated from the east, heading 286.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,474 feet above ground level (agl).
The aircraft touched down on the runway with a threshold speed that was slightly above the target speed of 150 knots. However, the touchdown distance of 159 meters was considered good, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. The touchdown speed of 148 knots was a little fast, which may have contributed to the hard touchdown rate of -483 feet per minute (fpm).
Despite the slightly fast touchdown speed, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft was well-aligned with the runway centerline at the moment of touchdown. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were favorable, with a temperature of 22°C and a wind speed of 6 knots from a direction of 140°. The crosswind component was minimal at 3 knots, while the tailwind component was 5 knots.
The total landing distance of 1,255 meters was 60% of the runway length, which is a relatively short distance considering the aircraft's size and weight. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect, indicating that the aircraft maintained its alignment with the runway centerline during the rollout phase.
Overall, the landing was considered successful, with the aircraft achieving a high score and demonstrating good control and precision during the final approach and touchdown phases.
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