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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 8.4 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Hold the aim point and wait for the speed to bleed before raising the nose, starting the flare within the normal band instead of 99 ft.
What happened: The flare began at 99 ft, 54 ft earlier than the normal band.
Watch for: Radio altimeter: start the flare within the normal flare band
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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,915 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,915 m of the 3,412 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,458 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
This flight was operated by a Boeing 777F aircraft. The departure process began with a 5-minute taxi from the parking to the runway at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport, covering a distance of 2 nautical miles. The takeoff was executed on runway 18 with a takeoff distance of 2,265 meters, accounting for 68% of the runway length. At liftoff, the aircraft reached a speed of 187 knots. The local weather conditions at the time were a temperature of 35 degrees Celsius and light winds of 4 knots at 90 degrees.
As the aircraft began its enroute climb, it ascended from 1,134 feet above sea level to 31,001 feet above sea level, a rise of 29,867 feet over the course of 19 minutes, covering 127 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise was initiated 4 miles southwest of Farafenni, which lasted for 170 minutes and covered a distance of 1,374 nautical miles. The aircraft then underwent another enroute climb, increasing from 30,954 feet above sea level to 32,788 feet above sea level, over a distance of 14 nautical miles within 2 minutes.
Following this climb, the aircraft again entered into a level cruise, this time starting approximately 1.265 kilometers east of -1.267 degrees latitude and 2.3315 degrees east longitude and lasting for 184 minutes, covering 1,549 nautical miles. Further enroute climbs took place, with the aircraft ascending from 33,831 feet above sea level to 35,172 feet above sea level over a distance of 14 nautical miles within 2 minutes. This was followed by a level cruise initiated 8 miles southwest of Xai Xai, Botswana, lasting 52 minutes, covering 442 nautical miles.
The descent was initiated approximately 18 miles southwest of Dwaalboom Airport, South Africa, with the aircraft descending from 35,300 feet above sea level to 6,984 feet above sea level over a distance of 110 nautical miles within 20 minutes. The final approach was executed towards runway 03R at O.R. Tambo International Airport from the south, with the aircraft heading 16.0 degrees at an altitude of 4 nautical miles and 1,453 feet. The landing took place on runway 03R, with a length of 3,412 meters.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were a temperature of 18 degrees Celsius and moderate winds of 10 knots at 10 degrees. The aircraft landed beyond the touchdown zone at a point 1,052 meters distant, with a speed of 142 knots and a touchdown rate of -86 feet per minute, which was excellent. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the runway rollout alignment was also very good. The total landing distance covered was 2,843 meters, accounting for 83% of the runway length. Taxiing from the runway to the parking took 5 minutes and covered 2 nautical miles.
In total, this flight covered a distance of 3,641 nautical miles and consumed 65,481 kilograms of fuel, taking a total of 463 minutes to complete.
A Boeing 777F aircraft successfully landed at O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, with a final approach score of 83.8%. The approach was undertaken from the south, with the aircraft heading at 16.0 ° from a distance of 4 nautical miles and at an altitude of 1,453 feet above ground level (agl). The landing took place on runway 03R, a 3,412 meters long runway.
The initial assessment of the threshold height indicated that it was slightly above the target at 60 feet agl, and a similar observation was made for the threshold speed, which was marginally above the target at 154 knots. A good touchdown speed was achieved at 142 knots. The touchdown point was 1,052 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is considered acceptable. The touchdown rate of -86 feet per minute (fpm) was excellent, and the runway touchdown alignment was reported as perfect.
On the day of the landing, the local weather conditions were favorable, with a temperature of 18°C and a gentle wind at 10 knots. The wind direction at 10 degrees contributed a 1-knot crosswind component and a 9-knot headwind component. This minimal crosswind component did not seem to affect the flight, which is indicative of the pilot's skill in handling crosswind landings.
The total landing distance covered by the aircraft was 2,843 meters, which accounts for 83% of the runway length. This is a respectable achievement, particularly considering that the aircraft touched down beyond the designated touchdown zone. The runway rollout alignment was noted as very good, demonstrating that the aircraft's speed was well-managed after touchdown, which helped achieve a controlled deceleration. Overall, this landing was a testament to the pilot's skill and expertise in conducting precision landings.
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