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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 40 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 40 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 40 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
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.
One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
At the 500 ft gate: off the runway's 3° glideslope, off the centreline and speed above the reference speed.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 2,014 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 2,014 m of the 2,494 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 856 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in question was operated by the Black Square Starship N45FL, a high-performance aircraft. The journey began with a taxiing period from the parking area to the runway, which took 12 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft then departed from runway 27 at EDDW Bremen Airport, a significant airfield in Germany.
As the aircraft took off, it reached a liftoff speed of 120 knots, covering a distance of 1,235 meters, which was 61% of the runway length. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 28°C, with a wind speed of 2 knots at 119°. The crosswind was minimal, at 1 knot, while the tailwind was 2 knots.
The enroute climb phase began approximately 1 mile northwest of Stuhr, a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. During this phase, the aircraft ascended from an initial altitude of 1,097 feet above sea level to a maximum altitude of 33,206 feet, an increase of 32,109 feet in just 19 minutes. The climb covered a distance of 63 nautical miles.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started approximately 1 mile northwest of Bienenbuttel, another town in Lower Saxony, Germany. This phase lasted for 37 minutes and covered a distance of 185 nautical miles.
The enroute descent phase began approximately 1 mile west of Lobez, a town in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. During this phase, the aircraft descended from an altitude of 32,394 feet to 14,210 feet, a decrease of 18,184 feet in just 11 minutes. The descent covered a distance of 56 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started approximately 4 miles northeast of Kawcze, a town in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. This phase lasted for just 2 minutes and covered a distance of 7 nautical miles.
The enroute descent phase began again, this time approximately 1 mile east of Trzebielino, a town in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. During this phase, the aircraft descended from an altitude of 14,174 feet to 6,773 feet, a decrease of 7,401 feet in just 7 minutes. The descent covered a distance of 29 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started approximately 2 miles northeast of Sierakowice, a town in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. This phase lasted for 5 minutes and covered a distance of 17 nautical miles.
The enroute descent phase began once more, this time overhead Rebiechowo, a town in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. During this phase, the aircraft descended from an altitude of 6,184 feet to 2,511 feet, a decrease of 3,673 feet in just 3 minutes. The descent covered a distance of 9 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise phase, which started approximately 3 miles east of Sopot, a town in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. This phase lasted for just 2 minutes and covered a distance of 4 nautical miles.
The final enroute descent phase began approximately 4 miles east of Gdynia, a city in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. During this phase, the aircraft descended from an altitude of 2,384 feet to 1,817 feet, a decrease of 566 feet in just 2 minutes. The descent covered a distance of 3 nautical miles.
The aircraft then began its final approach to runway 31 at EPOK Oksywie Military Air
The aircraft, Black Square Starship N45FL, successfully landed at EPOK Oksywie Military Air Base, achieving a score of 81.7%. The final approach to runway 31 was initiated from the south east, with a heading of 318.0° at a distance of 2 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,660 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down 398 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, which is a significant deviation from the target. However, the touchdown speed of 106 knots was within the acceptable range, indicating a smooth and controlled descent. The touchdown rate of -108 feet per minute (fpm) was also satisfactory, suggesting a gentle and stable landing.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 15°C, with a wind speed of 6 knots from a direction of 344°. This resulted in a crosswind of 3 knots and a headwind of 5 knots, which may have contributed to the aircraft's deviation from the touchdown zone.
Despite the deviation, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the aircraft's approach and landing were well-controlled. The runway rollout alignment was also satisfactory, suggesting that the aircraft's brakes were applied smoothly and effectively.
Overall, while the landing was not entirely flawless, the aircraft's performance was satisfactory, and the pilot's skills were demonstrated in maintaining control throughout the approach and landing phases.
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