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Monitor your taxi speed
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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Two stabilised approach gates, each with six checks at 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
Side view — the last 1,607 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,607 m of the 3,048 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 642 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Douglas DC-3 began with a 31-minute taxi from the parking area to the runway at EIDW Dublin Airport. The departure took place on runway 28R, with a takeoff distance of 647 meters, representing 21% of the total runway length. The liftoff speed was 83 knots. The local weather conditions at the time of departure included a temperature of 6°C, a wind speed of 13 knots coming from 300°, with a crosswind of 5 knots and a headwind of 12 knots.
The enroute climb started 1 mile northwest of EIDW Dublin Airport, climbing from 934 feet above sea level to 7,674 feet above sea level, covering 15 nautical miles in 9 minutes. The enroute level cruise began 2 miles northwest of Kilcock and lasted 32 minutes, covering 66 nautical miles.
The enroute descent started 2 miles north of Portroe, descending from 7,564 feet asl to 2,696 feet asl, covering 12 nautical miles in 4 minutes. This was followed by another level cruise that began 3 miles northeast of Kilkishen and lasted 13 minutes, covering 23 nautical miles.
The final descent started 1 mile southwest of Foynes, descending from 2,784 feet asl to 1,305 feet asl, covering 6 nautical miles in 3 minutes. The final approach to runway 06 at EINN Shannon Airport was from the southwest, with the aircraft heading 52.0° at 4 nautical miles and 1,265 feet above ground level.
The landing on runway 06 at EINN Shannon Airport was successful, with a smooth touchdown at a speed of 64 knots and a descent rate of -106 feet per minute. The touchdown point was slightly beyond the touchdown zone, and the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 6.9 meters from the centerline. The total landing distance was 1,503 meters, representing 49% of the runway length, with a slight misalignment of 19.8 meters from the centerline during the runway rollout.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, covering less than 1 nautical mile in 5 minutes. The total flight distance was 133 nautical miles, with a duration of 68 minutes and fuel consumption of 397 kg. The flight was completed successfully, despite some minor deviations during landing alignment.
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