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MY FS FLIGHTS
Flight Score
Arrival
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, holding the attitude instead of letting the nose drop.
What happened: Sink came back after the flare had arrested it, and that pattern usually carries the touchdown long - here it landed at 1,944 m against the 457 m aim point.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a steady, shallow rate through the flare with no renewed sink before touchdown
Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
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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. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,970 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,970 m of the 3,747 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,944 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A380-800 taxied from the parking area to runway 27R at EGLL London Heathrow Airport in 9 minutes, covering 3 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 27R, the aircraft used a takeoff distance of 2,615 m (67 % of the runway) and rotated at 160 kt. Ambient conditions were 22 °C with a wind of 13 kt from 270°, giving a headwind component of 13 kt and zero crosswind.
The first en-route climb began overhead Colnbrook (Slough, England), climbing from 1,057 ft asl to 5,505 ft asl - an increase of 4,448 ft - in 2 minutes while covering 9 nm.
A level cruise commenced 1 mile north of Cobham (Surrey, England) and lasted 7 minutes, during which 33 nm were flown.
The second climb started overhead Aylesford (Kent, England), ascending from 6,001 ft asl to 35,000 ft asl - a gain of 29,000 ft - in 22 minutes and covering 175 nm.
A subsequent cruise began 1 mile north of Wasseiges (Wallonia, Belgium), lasting 391 minutes and encompassing 3,418 nm.
The third climb was initiated 34 miles south of Huocheng (Xinjiang, China), raising the aircraft from 35,000 ft asl to 39,000 ft asl - an increase of 4,000 ft - in 5 minutes while traversing 42 nm.
The next cruise segment started 30 miles south-east of ZWYN Yining Airport Ili (Yining / Ghulja, Xinjiang, China), lasting 243 minutes and covering 2,131 nm.
Descent phase one began 70 miles east of Yatou (Shandong Sheng, China), descending from 39,000 ft asl to 3,579 ft asl - a loss of 35,421 ft - in 21 minutes and covering 138 nm.
A brief cruise followed 11 miles south of RKSI Incheon International Airport Seoul, lasting 3 minutes and spanning 11 nm.
Descent phase two started 9 miles west of Hwaseong-si (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), dropping from 3,554 ft asl to 2,819 ft asl - a decrease of 734 ft - in 2 minutes over 4
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