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Apply small rudder corrections against a point at the far end of the runway to hold the centreline during the roll.
What happened: The aircraft tracked 5 m off the runway centreline during the ground roll, and flights with this pattern usually carry extra bank, around 3°, into the first climb.
Watch for: Heading indicator: wings level, tracking the runway centreline
Pull to 15 degrees at one rate and you get a clean liftoff, pull to the same 15 degrees at twice the rate and you get an overshoot, a push, and an oscillation through the first few hundred feet. The type-general rule of thumb is a rotation rate of about 2 to 3 degrees per second, which means roughly five to seven seconds from starting the pull to reaching the initial climb attitude of around 15 degrees nose-up. Count it out loud during your next takeoff and you will almost certainly discover you have been rotating in two seconds flat.
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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 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,740 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 492 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A320 taxied from the parking area to runway 28R at KORD Chicago O'Hare International Airport, covering 3 nm in 10 minutes.
During the departure roll on runway 28R, the aircraft used 1,787 m of runway, representing 45 % of the available length, and lifted off at 138 kt. Ambient conditions were 35 °C with a wind of 9 kt from 220°, providing a 7 kt cross-wind component and a 6 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced approximately 1 mile north-west of Bensenville, Illinois, with the A320 ascending from 1,642 ft asl to 38,012 ft asl - a gain of 36,370 ft - over 23 minutes while covering 162 nm.
Level cruise began about 2 miles north-west of Tower Hill, Illinois, and persisted for 22 minutes, during which the aircraft travelled 526 nm.
Descent was initiated roughly 6 miles north of KLES Peason Landing Strip, Leesville, Louisiana, with the airplane descending from 38,020 ft asl to 1,298 ft asl - a loss of 36,721 ft - in 25 minutes and covering 141 nm.
The final approach to runway 26R at KIAH George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport was flown from the east, on a heading of 269.0°, at 4 nm and 1,195 ft agl.
Landing on runway 26R, which is 2,740 m long, was achieved with a threshold speed of 129 kt. Touchdown occurred 69 m beyond the touchdown zone at 122 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 203 fpm and perfect runway-centerline alignment. Local weather at the time was 33 °C with a wind of 9 kt from 180°, yielding a 9 kt cross-wind and no head-wind component. The total landing distance recorded was 1,425 m, equivalent to 52 % of the runway length.
Runway rollout alignment was reported as very good, with the aircraft decelerating safely to a stop after the landing.
The A320 taxied from the runway to the parking area in 6 minutes, covering a distance of 2 nm.
In total, the flight covered 842 nm, lasted 88 minutes, and consumed 4,970 kg of fuel.
The final approach to runway 26R at KIAH was flown from the east on a heading of 269.0 °, intercepting the final approach fix at 4 nm and 1,195 ft agl. Ambient temperature was 33 °C with wind 9 kt from 180 °, giving a 9 kt cross-wind component and no head-wind.
The threshold height was reported as good and the threshold speed was good at 129 kt, indicating the aircraft was correctly configured for landing.
Touchdown occurred 69 m beyond the touchdown zone. The touchdown speed was 122 kt, described as a little fast, and the vertical rate was fair at minus 203 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect.
The aircraft rolled out over a total landing distance of 1,425 m, representing 52 % of the 2,740 m runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
To refine the already strong performance, reduce the touchdown speed slightly toward the target VREF to lessen the forward momentum and aim to touch down within the designated zone rather than beyond it, which will further improve the landing distance and vertical rate.
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