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Fixing the bounce
Fast at the threshold, normal flare, and the runway seems to refuse the aircraft. The instinctive fix - pushing it on - causes the next one. A fast aircraft forced onto the runway touches nosewheel-first or nearly so. The tell is a touchdown that feels soft followed by a bounce that steepens. Pilots fix the bounce recovery; the cause was the 10 knots at the threshold.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 117 kt with 2.6° of pitch.
Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The figure at liftoff is the pitch then. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.
The takeoff, point by point
Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 977 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 918 ft of runway left; then climbing at 1,230 fpm on average to 977 ft.
The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.
Plan view the roll down the 4,494 ft runway.
Rolled from 382 ft in, drifted right of the centreline, 19 ft at the widest, and lifted off 19 ft right. Airborne 48 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.
The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 2° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 1.2 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 110 ft above the slope.
Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 1,000 ft past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 1,290 ft right of the centreline at 1.2 nm, then inside the band from 0.6 nm to the threshold.
Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.
Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 78 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 48 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Fast from 1.2 nm, where the final began, to the threshold (up to +42 kt).
Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.
Over the threshold
Touchdown
3 kt across from the left, which takes about 2° of crab to hold the centreline at 87 kt. Touched down straight - the crab taken out before the wheels touched, wings level.
Wind 210° at 11 kt · 11 kt head · 3 kt across
The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. These are the nose against the direction you were actually moving, and the wings, at the moment of touchdown. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 4,494 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 13 ft, 37 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 1,430 ft in, 430 ft past the ideal 1,000 ft.
The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 4,494 ft across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 1,000 ft in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.
Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.
The sink went from 210 fpm at 10 ft to 120 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.7° on the way down.
Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.
Plan view — the full 4,494 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 8 ft right of the centreline, and stayed about there down the rollout, 15 ft right at the widest.
The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The 1,430 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The 1.11 G arrival bounced 10 times.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a departure roll from runway 24 at CYCK Chatham Kent Airport, with the aircraft being a Spitfire Mk IX. The takeoff distance covered 2,023 feet, which was 45% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 117 knots, and the local weather conditions at the time were a temperature of 56 degrees Fahrenheit, with a wind speed of 12 knots at 209 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 4 knots and a headwind of 11 knots.
As the aircraft climbed away from the airport, it started its enroute climb 2 miles southwest of CYCK Chatham Kent Airport. The climb took the aircraft from an altitude of 1,660 feet above sea level to 2,074 feet, an increase of 413 feet, in less than 1 minute and covering a distance of 1 nautical mile. Following the climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting 3 miles southwest of CNZ3 Chatham-Kent Chatham, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering 3 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 4 miles west of CNZ3 Chatham-Kent Chatham, and the aircraft descended from 2,069 feet to 1,063 feet, a decrease of 1,006 feet, in 2 minutes and covering 4 nautical miles. The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting 2 miles southeast of Chatham, and lasted for 2 minutes, covering 5 nautical miles.
As the aircraft approached the airport, it began its final approach to runway 24 from the northeast, heading 227.0 degrees at 1 nautical mile and 187 feet above ground level. The landing was made on runway 24, which had a length of 4,494 feet. The threshold height was good, but the threshold speed was excessively high at 102 knots. The touchdown point was very long, using more than 50% of the available runway, and the touchdown speed was 86 knots, which was fast. However, the touchdown rate was smooth at -122 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 15 feet from the centreline, and the local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 54 degrees Fahrenheit, with a wind speed of 11 knots at 210 degrees, resulting in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 10 knots. The total landing distance was 3,037 feet, which was 68% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was perfect.
In total, the flight distance was 16 nautical miles, and it took 7 minutes to complete. The aircraft used 530 pounds of fuel during the flight.
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