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AGL
overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States), United States
Runway XX

Flight Score

69.63 %
BUSH
overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States), United States
Runway XX
29 Apr 2023 0:08 10 nm Spitfire Mk IX
Departure Score
87.89 %
Enroute Score
54.71 %
Arrival Score
79.54 %

What went well

Touchdown 757 ft in — inside the full-score zone

What held you back

Enroute Climb — speed limits at 0 %, bank angle up to 133.8 ° at 0 %, −15.00 points
Departure Roll — landing lights off should be on; Liftoff speed was 122 kn at 0 %, Alignment max 201.8 ft at 0 %, −3.33 points
Arrival Landing — Threshold speed was excessively high at 121 kn. at 0 %, Landing and flare profile at 65 %, −2.74 points
Arrival Touchdown — bank angle up to 7.5 ° at 0 %, Speed at touchdown 94 kn at 31 %, −2.03 points

Top opportunity

Shorten the long landing

Arrival Touchdown

Every knot above Vref is stored kinetic energy, and energy stored at the threshold must be dissipated in ground effect before the aeroplane will stop flying. Because kinetic energy scales with the square of speed, the excess you must dissipate grows fast. At a 45-knot approach, five knots hot is over a tenth more speed and roughly a quarter more energy to get rid of in ground effect. This is why the fix is never in the flare. It was decided three miles earlier, on final, at the airspeed indicator.

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Start to finish · 13 stages, 12 scored

The flight story

Departure One segment per stage, in flight order — colour is the score band. Drag the bar to move along the flight, or click a stage card to open its detail. Arrival
Departure Roll 60.00Departure roll overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States). Bush location altitude 580 ft asl. Takeoff distance 0 ft. liftoff speed was 122 kn. Duration was 154 seconds. Local weather - Temperature 55 °F. Wind 3 kn at 225 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Tailwind: 2 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Takeoff distance 0 ft
0 % Liftoff speed was 122 knTarget 80 kn
0 % Alignment max 201.8 ft201.8 ft left to 0.0 ft left 201.8 0.1 ft
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.89 g min to max 1.08 g 1.00 0.95 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle -1.9 °-9.7 ° min to max 11.5 ° 0.0 2.9 °
Info Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 4.3 ° 0.0 4.3 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights OFF should be ON
Info Landing Gear Down 5 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 5 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 5 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 4 ft agl · 6 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 4 ft agl · 6 kt
Departure Climb 1 97.88Departure climb to 50 ft agl from overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 0.6 °0.4 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.5 0.9 °
100 % Average speed 139 kn122 kn min to max 154 kn 122 154 kn
92 % Average bank angle 3.0 °0.0 ° min to max 5.2 ° 4.1 2.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.04 g0.85 g min to max 1.23 g 0.94 1.18 g
Info Average VSI 477 ft/m256 ft/m min to max 662 ft/m 256 662 ft/m
Info Average altitude 16 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 44 ft agl 0 44 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.6 °2.4 ° min to max 6.0 ° 2.8 6.0 °

Events

Info Landing Gear Up 31 ft agl · 149 kt
Departure Climb 2 94.93Departure climb to 400 ft agl from overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
95 % Heading variation 1.3 °0.9 ° min to max 2.4 ° 0.9 2.4 °
100 % Average speed 160 kn155 kn min to max 179 kn 155 179 kn
91 % Average bank angle 3.2 °0.1 ° min to max 5.5 ° 2.2 0.1 °
85 % Average g force 1.32 g0.65 g min to max 1.52 g 1.21 1.07 g
Info Average VSI 1,368 ft/m686 ft/m min to max 2,670 ft/m 686 2,396 ft/m
Info Average altitude 109 ft agl55 ft agl min to max 359 ft agl 55 359 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 9.3 °6.4 ° min to max 12.5 ° 6.4 9.7 °
Departure Climb 3 98.76Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation 3.5 °2.5 ° min to max 4.0 ° 2.5 3.7 °
100 % Average speed 151 kn118 kn min to max 189 kn 181 162 kn
95 % Average bank angle 1.5 °0.1 ° min to max 4.0 ° 0.3 0.2 °
98 % Average g force 0.98 g0.72 g min to max 1.15 g 1.02 0.96 g
100 % Landing gear up
Info Average VSI 871 ft/m-467 ft/m min to max 2,746 ft/m 2,628 951 ft/m
Info Average altitude 823 ft agl396 ft agl min to max 971 ft agl 396 971 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 4.7 °0.8 ° min to max 9.7 ° 9.7 4.6 °
Enroute Climb 10.00Enroute climb started 1 mile east of Near North Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States). Climbing from 1,596 ft asl to 2,888 ft asl, an increase of 1,293 ft in 1 minutes and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Climb speed 172 kn164 kn min to max 187 knTarget 85 kn 164 187 kn
0 % Average bank angle 26.7 °0.1 ° min to max 133.8 ° 0.1 35.4 °
0 % Average g force 1.13 g-1.17 g min to max 2.38 g 1.01 1.52 g
Info Average VSI 1,415 ft/m-1,016 ft/m min to max 2,538 ft/m 1,081 -1,016 ft/m
Info Average altitude 2,392 ft asl1,596 ft asl min to max 2,979 ft asl 1,596 2,888 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 5.9 °-1.5 ° min to max 9.3 ° 5.2 -1.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Enroute Descent 99.43Enroute descent started overhead Lincoln Park (Cook County, Illinois, United States). Descent from 2,833 ft asl to 2,442 ft asl, a decrease of 392 ft in less than 1 minute. and covering 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 233 kn207 kn min to max 239 kn 207 239 kn
100 % Average bank angle 18.1 °0.0 ° min to max 26.5 ° 2.0 21.7 °
94 % Average g force 1.06 g0.79 g min to max 1.35 g 0.98 1.16 g
Info Average VSI -738 ft/m-1,598 ft/m min to max -137 ft/m -436 -502 ft/m
Info Average altitude 2,555 ft asl2,442 ft asl min to max 2,833 ft asl 2,833 2,442 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.5 °-4.2 ° min to max 0.4 ° -0.6 -0.8 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Arrival 0.00Arrival started overhead Lincoln Park (Cook County, Illinois, United States).
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Average speed 183 kn86 kn min to max 260 kn 231 96 kn
0 % Average bank angle 30.4 °0.0 ° min to max 180.0 ° 20.8 9.8 °
0 % Average g force 1.45 g-3.35 g min to max 5.93 g 1.28 1.15 g
Info Average VSI -595 ft/m-17,583 ft/m min to max 15,068 ft/m -380 -1,236 ft/m
Info Average altitude 1,564 ft asl750 ft asl min to max 3,882 ft asl 2,436 1,229 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -1.7 °-79.5 ° min to max 53.4 ° 0.1 -1.4 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0

Events

Fail Stall Warning Activated 1,296 ft agl · 88 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 238 ft agl · 241 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 249 ft agl · 234 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 267 ft agl · 224 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 409 ft agl · 218 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 321 ft agl · 201 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Activated 321 ft agl · 201 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched Off 505 ft agl · 173 kt
Info Autopilot Flight Director Deactivated 505 ft agl · 173 kt
Info Battery Master On 577 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 577 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 1,389 ft agl · 92 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 1,062 ft agl · 105 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 642 ft agl · 105 kt
Arrival Final 2 86.19Approaching landing ground overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States) from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 635 ft agl to 305 ft agl. A decrease of 329 ft in 23 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Approach angle 3.2 °2.8 ° min to max 3.4 °Target 3.0 ° 3.4 2.8 °
100 % Average speed 113 kn98 kn min to max 124 kn 98 108 kn
0 % Heading variation 94.5 °94.5 ° min to max 94.5 ° 94.5 94.5 °
81 % Average bank angle 2.9 °0.1 ° min to max 9.2 ° 4.4 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.76 g min to max 1.22 g 1.02 0.90 g
Info Average VSI -847 ft/m-1,262 ft/m min to max -381 ft/m -1,032 -816 ft/m
Info Average altitude 486 ft agl305 ft agl min to max 635 ft agl 635 305 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -1.7 °-4.4 ° min to max 0.7 ° -1.4 -2.0 °
11.251.51.752200250300350400450500550600650Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft11.251.51.752-270-203-135-68068135203270Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Final 1 95.11Approaching landing ground overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States) from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 290 ft agl to 45 ft agl. A decrease of 246 ft in 22 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
95 % Approach angle 2.5 °2.1 ° min to max 2.9 °Target 3.0 ° 2.7 2.1 °
100 % Average speed 129 kn109 kn min to max 140 kn 109 121 kn
98 % Heading variation -0.1 °-0.2 ° min to max 0.0 ° -0.2 0.0 °
83 % Average bank angle 4.3 °0.4 ° min to max 8.6 ° 4.3 4.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.87 g min to max 1.16 g 0.95 0.94 g
Info Average VSI -760 ft/m-949 ft/m min to max -401 ft/m -863 -808 ft/m
Info Average altitude 104 ft agl45 ft agl min to max 290 ft agl 290 45 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle -1.4 °-2.6 ° min to max 0.1 ° -1.9 -1.4 °
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Height ft00.250.50.751-120-90-60-300306090120Distance to Touchdown NMApproach Runway Alignment ft
Arrival Landing 58.97Approaching touchdown overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States). Descent from 34 ft agl to 0 ft agl. A decrease of 34 ft in 4 seconds.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
0 % Threshold speed was excessively high at 121 kn. Target 75 kn
65 % Landing and flare profile
95 % Heading variation 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.3 ° 0.0 0.3 °
93 % Average bank angle 1.4 °0.0 ° min to max 4.7 ° 4.7 0.2 °
98 % Average g force 1.06 g0.94 g min to max 1.29 g 0.95 0.94 g
Info Average speed 106 kn94 kn min to max 121 kn 121 94 kn
Info Average VSI -577 ft/m-840 ft/m min to max -333 ft/m -810 -335 ft/m
Info Average altitude 13 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 34 ft agl 34 0 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 1.0 °-1.9 ° min to max 3.0 ° -1.4 1.0 °
025050075001223354658Runway Distance ftLanding Height ft0250500750-40-32-24-16-80816243240Runway Distance ftRunway Width ft
Arrival Touchdown 69.61Touchdown overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States). Touchdown speed at 94 kn was excessively fast. Touchdown rate was firm at -336 ft/m. Touchdown distance was good at 742 ft. Local weather - Temperature 56 °F. Wind 17 kn at 291 °. Crosswind: 15 kn Headwind: 7 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
70 % Touchdown VSI was -336 ft/m.
31 % Speed at touchdown 94 knTarget 69 kn
79 % Alignment max 25.1 ft22.7 ft left 24.5 19.6 ft
0 % Average bank angle 3.4 °0.1 ° min to max 7.5 ° 0.1 0.5 °
81 % Average g force 1.05 g0.78 g min to max 1.58 g 1.11 1.10 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 88 kn84 kn min to max 94 kn 94 84 kn
Info Average pitch angle 3.6 °1.1 ° min to max 7.5 ° 1.3 4.1 °
Arrival Rollout 87.84Landing rollout overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States). Altitude580 ft asl. Distance was 826 ft.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
73 % Alignment max 30.7 ft30.7 ft left to 0.0 ft left 19.8 28.0 ft
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.96 g min to max 1.07 g 1.07 1.00 g
Info Average speed 73 kn44 kn min to max 78 kn 78 44 kn
Info Average pitch angle 2.3 °-1.3 ° min to max 3.8 ° 3.8 0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 1.2 °0.0 ° min to max 3.5 ° 0.2 0.0 °
Runway Exit Exiting rollout overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States), Average speed was 24 kn
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 18 kn10 kn min to max 38 kn 38 10 kn
Info Average pitch angle 10.6 °-4.9 ° min to max 11.5 ° -4.9 11.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 0.7 ° 0.1 0.0 °
Info Average g force 0.99 g0.98 g min to max 1.03 g 0.99 0.98 g

Takeoff

60.00 %
0.00Runway alignment0.1 ft L
OkBounce on takeoffNone
Wind225° · 3 kn · 2 kn cross

Approach

90.65 %
95.36Centreline offset0.3 ft L

Touchdown

69.61 %
100.00Touchdown point757 ft
78.88Centreline at touchdown19.6 ft L
81.14Touchdown force1.58 G
OkBouncesNone

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Takeoff report
Takeoff on runway XX at AGL overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States) in the Spitfire Mk IX
87.89 %
60 %
Takeoff Roll
Departure roll overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States). Bush location altitude 580 ft asl. Takeoff distance 0 ft. liftoff speed was 122 kn. Duration was 154 seconds. Local weather - Temperature 55 °F. Wind 3 kn at 225 °. Crosswind: 2 kn Tailwind: 2 kn
The bush takeoff report uses a virtual runway in the direction of the roll and is 5,000 feet long and 50 feet wide
Takeoff Distance
100 %
Roll distance of 0 ft using 0 % of runway
Liftoff Speed
0 %
Liftoff speed was 122 kn - Target 60 kn
Alignment
0 %
201.8 ft left to 0.0 ft left
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
Strobe Lights
100 %
Switched On
Landing Lights
0 %
Switched Off
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
130 65 0
Bank °
Info
5 2.5 0
Pitch °
Info
12 1.5 -9
01,0002,0003,0004,000-40-30-20-10010203040 Runway Distance ft Runway Alignment to End of Runway ft
97.88 %
Climb 1
Departure climb to 50 ft agl from overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States).
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
160 140 120
Bank °
91.53 %
6 3 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
7 4.5 2
Climb Rate fpm
Info
700 300 -100
94.93 %
Climb 2
Departure climb to 400 ft agl from overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States).
Alignment
95 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
180 165 150
Bank °
90.89 %
6 3 0
G
84.57 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
13 9.5 6
Climb Rate fpm
Info
2,700 1,600 500
98.76 %
Climb 3
Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States).
Alignment
100 %
2 0 -2
IAS kt
100 %
190 150 110
Bank °
94.66 %
5 2.5 0
G
98.29 %
1.5 1 0.5
Pitch °
Info
10 5 0
Climb Rate fpm
Info
2,800 1,150 -500
01,0002,0003,0004,0000105210315420525 Runway Distance ft Height at End of Runway ft
00.250.50.7511.251.51.7522.250100200300400500600700800900 Climb Distance NM Climb Profile to 1,000 ft
00.250.50.7511.251.51.7522.25-200-160-120-80-4004080120160200 Climb Distance NM Runway Alignment in (ft) to 1,000 ft
Landing report
Landing on runway XX at overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States) in the Spitfire Mk IX
Landing Score 77.88 %
86.19 %
Final 2
Approaching landing ground overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States) from 2 nm to 1 nm. Descent from 635 ft agl to 305 ft agl. A decrease of 329 ft in 23 seconds.
Glideslope
100 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
0 %
Poor heading alignment
Glideslope °
100 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
124 107 90
Alignment
0 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
80.95 %
10 5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-381 -841 -1,300
11.251.51.752200250300350400450500550600650 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
11.251.51.752-270-203-135-68068135203270 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment ft
95.11 %
Final 1
Approaching landing ground overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States) from 1 nm to 0 nm. Descent from 290 ft agl to 45 ft agl. A decrease of 246 ft in 22 seconds.
Glideslope
94.83 %
Excellent glideslope alignment
Heading
98.21 %
Excellent heading alignment
Glideslope °
94.83 %
4 3 2
IAS kt
100 %
140 120 100
Alignment
98.21 %
0.5 0 -0.5
Bank °
82.53 %
9 4.5 0
G
100 %
1.5 1 0.5
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-401 -701 -1,000
00.250.50.751050100150200250300350 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Height ft
00.250.50.751-120-90-60-300306090120 Distance to Touchdown NM Approach Runway Alignment ft
58.97 %
Landing
Approaching touchdown overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States). Descent from 34 ft agl to 0 ft agl. A decrease of 34 ft in 4 seconds.
Height
76.36 %
Good threshold height. Target 50 ft agl
Speed
0 %
Threshold speed was excessively high at 121 kt. Target 67 kt
Flare
64.64 %
Fair landing flare
Centreline ft
95.36 %
100 0 -100
Bank °
92.95 %
5 2.5 0
G
97.71 %
1.5 1 0.5
IAS kt
Info
121 106 90
Pitch °
Info
4 1.5 -1
Descent Rate fpm
Info
-333 -617 -900
025050075001223354658 Runway Distance ft Landing Height ft
0250500750-40-32-24-16-80816243240 Runway Distance ft Runway Width ft
69.61 %
Touchdown
Touchdown overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States). Touchdown speed at 94 kn was excessively fast. Touchdown rate was firm at -336 ft/m. Touchdown distance was good at 742 ft. Local weather - Temperature 56 °F. Wind 17 kn at 291 °. Crosswind: 15 kn Headwind: 7 kn
Landed with a 15 kt crosswind, well done!
Touchdown
69.88 %
Touchdown rate was firm at -336 ft/m.
Speed
31.27 %
Touchdown speed at 94 kt was excessively fast. Target below 69 kn
Distance
100 %
Touchdown distance was good at 742 ft.
Alignment
78.88 %
Runway touchdown position was misaligned by 25 ft from centreline.
Bank
0 %
Bank angle 3.4 °
G
81.14 %
G 1.05 g
Bounce
100 %
No Bounce Detected
87.84 %
Rollout
Landing rollout overhead Near South Side (Cook County, Illinois, United States). Altitude580 ft asl. Distance was 826 ft.
Distance
100 %
Landing distance 2,077 ft using 41.54 % of runway
Alignment
72.97 %
Runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 31 ft from centreline.
G
100 %
1.25 1 0.75
IAS kt
Info
84 67 50
Bank °
Info
4 2 0
Pitch °
Info
4 1.5 -1
05001,0001,5002,000 Runway Distance ft Runway Width ft
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