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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Hold the nose down until the speed reaches 140 kt, then rotate.
What happened: You started the rotation at 120 kt, 20 kt before the 140 kt rotation speed.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 140 kt at rotation
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
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. 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 2,438 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 588 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Airbus A319 taxied from the parking area to runway 27L at EGLL London Heathrow Airport; the taxi-out lasted 11 minutes and covered 2 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 27L, the aircraft accelerated over a takeoff distance of 1,399 m, representing 38 % of the runway, and lifted off at 134 kt. Local weather was 17 °C with wind 2 kt from 269°, giving a headwind component of 2 kt and no crosswind.
En-route climb commenced 1 mile south of Harmondsworth, climbing from 1,041 ft asl to 6,007 ft asl-a gain of 4,966 ft-in 3 minutes while covering 10 nm.
The first level cruise began overhead Chobham, lasting 2 minutes and covering 7 nm.
A second climb segment started overhead Guildford, rising from 6,875 ft asl to 39,009 ft asl, an increase of 32,134 ft in 20 minutes and covering 141 nm.
The next cruise phase was overhead Lisors, lasting 35 minutes and covering 269 nm.
Descent began 1 mile south of Bad Bellingen, descending from 39,019 ft asl to 19,229 ft asl, a loss of 19,789 ft in 8 minutes while traveling 58 nm.
A brief cruise followed 1 mile north-east of Lungern, lasting 2 minutes and covering 12 nm.
The second descent started 3 miles north of Oberwald, dropping from 16,950 ft asl to 8,004 ft asl, a decrease of 8,946 ft in 8 minutes over 47 nm.
Cruise then continued overhead Arcisate for 6 minutes, covering 24 nm.
Descent resumed 1 mile south of Baranzate, falling from 7,791 ft asl to 3,282 ft asl, a loss of 4,509 ft in 5 minutes and covering 16 nm.
A further cruise segment was overhead Cinisello Balsamo, lasting 15 minutes and covering 45 nm.
The final descent began overhead Bascape, descending from 2,798 ft asl to 1,691 ft asl, a decrease of 1,107 ft in 2 minutes while covering 4 nm.
On final approach to runway 36 at LIML Milano Linate Airport, the aircraft approached from the south on a heading of 356.0°, at 4 nm and 1,336 ft agl.
Landing on runway 36 (runway length 2,438 m) was achieved with a threshold speed of 127 kt; touchdown occurred 169 m beyond the touchdown zone at 112 kt, with a hard touchdown rate of minus 491 fpm and a lateral deviation of 4.6 m from the centreline. Total landing distance was 1,127 m, representing 46 % of the runway. Local weather at the time was 15 °C with wind 2 kt from 270°, a crosswind component of 2 kt and no headwind.
Runway rollout alignment was very good.
The aircraft taxied to the parking area from the runway, a taxi-in of 3 minutes covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 640 nm, lasted 120 minutes, and consumed 4,672 kg of fuel.
The Airbus A319 entered the final approach to runway 36 at LIML Milano Linate Airport from the south on a heading of 356.0° at 4 nm and 1,336 ft agl. The approach was assessed as stabilised at the 1,000 ft gate, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
The aircraft crossed the threshold of runway 36, whose length is 2,438 m, with a good threshold height and a threshold speed of 127 kt, which was judged good. The flare was executed in line with the stabilised approach parameters.
Touchdown occurred 169 m beyond the touchdown zone at a speed of 112 kt, rated good, but the touchdown rate was hard at -491 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned by 4.6 m from the centreline.
The rollout covered a total landing distance of 1,127 m, representing 46 % of the runway, and the runway rollout alignment was very good.
To refine the performance, smoothing the flare to reduce the hard sink rate will lessen the -491 fpm touchdown impact, and maintaining tighter centreline tracking will eliminate the 4.6 m deviation observed at touchdown.
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