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Ground control varies with speed, full authority at walking pace, progressively reducing as groundspeed rises. The aircraft becomes twitchy at any speed, every small pedal input swings the nose, which can encourage large-amplitude leg inputs that no real aircraft would accept.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 175 kt with 5.0° 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 988 ft. The distance scale changes past the runway end.
Reached 35 ft with 3,025 ft of runway left; then climbing at 1,240 fpm on average to 988 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 13,140 ft runway.
Rolled from 685 ft in, drifted left of the centreline, 15 ft at the widest, and lifted off 15 ft left. Airborne 67 % 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.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
When the approach was stable
Every check met from 4 nm to the threshold.
Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.
The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 4 nm to the threshold, never more than 100 ft below 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. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 28× larger than distances along the final.
Inside the 1° band all the way from 4 nm, never more than 40 ft off the centreline.
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 34 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 21 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Inside the speed band all the way, between −1 kt and +11 kt on the approach speed of 137 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
Perfect landing flare
Little crosswind (2 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down with the nose 1° right of the track, wings level.
Wind 199° at 4 kt · 3 kt head · 2 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.
From 129 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 43 s, an average deceleration of 0.12 g.
Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.
Side view — the last 5,445 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 24 ft, 26 ft below the 50 ft target. Touched down 1,127 ft in, close to 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 5,445 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 370 fpm at 23 ft to 250 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.2° 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 first 5,445 ft of the 9,523 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down on the centreline and drifted to 17 ft right on the rollout.
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 1,127 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the aircraft, an Airbus A300, taxiing from the parking area to the runway at MMGL Guadalajara International Airport. This process took 7 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The departure roll took place on runway 29, and the takeoff distance was 8,915 feet, which accounted for 68% of the runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 175 knots.
As the aircraft climbed, it started its enroute climb 3 miles west of MMGL Guadalajara International Airport. The climb took place from an altitude of 6,049 feet above sea level to 33,260 feet above sea level, an increase of 27,212 feet in 22 minutes, covering a distance of 127 nautical miles. The local weather conditions at the time of takeoff were characterized by a temperature of 52 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 0 knots.
The enroute level cruise started 6 miles northeast of La Huacana, Mexico, and lasted for 286 minutes, covering a distance of 2,252 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent 14 miles southeast of Huarmey, Peru, and descended from an altitude of 33,008 feet above sea level to 1,319 feet above sea level, a decrease of 31,688 feet in 20 minutes, covering a distance of 113 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 16L at SPJC Jorge Chavez International Airport took place from the northwest, heading 154.0 degrees at 4 nautical miles and 1,237 feet above ground level. The landing on runway 16L was successful, with a runway length of 9,523 feet. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 136 knots. The touchdown distance was 1,149 feet, and the touchdown speed was 130 knots, which was a little fast. The touchdown rate was fair at -225 feet per minute.
The runway touchdown position was misaligned by 35 feet from the centerline, and the runway rollout alignment was slightly misaligned by 33 feet from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind speed of 4 knots. The crosswind was 3 knots, and the headwind was 3 knots.
The total landing distance was 5,198 feet, which accounted for 55% of the runway. The taxiing to the parking area from the runway took 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 2,503 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 340 minutes. The aircraft used 63,519 pounds of fuel during the flight.
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