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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Departure
Roll the wings level with aileron and hold bank within limits as you establish the climb.
What happened: Bank increased to 2.2° during the initial climb, and wings stayed over-banked at 13° into the next climb segment.
Watch for: Attitude indicator bank angle, aiming to keep it near wings-level
Arrival
Hold the aim point and wait for the speed to bleed before raising the nose, starting the flare within the normal band instead of 78 ft.
What happened: The flare began at 78 ft, 33 ft earlier than the normal band.
Watch for: Radio altimeter: start the flare within the normal flare band
See Arrival Landing
Below a thousand feet the aeroplane is slow, heavy and close to the ground. A steep turn loses lift, raises the stall speed and flattens the climb just when the gradient matters most. A normal turn on course is a rate one — fifteen degrees or so, twenty-five at the outside, this penalty is to acknowledge when a turn has stopped being a turn and become a manoeuvre.
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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.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 7,005 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,130 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with the Airbus A320 taxiing from the parking area to the runway at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, taking 9 minutes and covering a distance of 1 nautical mile. The departure roll took place on runway 36R, with a takeoff distance of 5,581 feet, which was 64% of the runway length. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 152 knots.
As the aircraft climbed out of Charlotte Douglas International Airport, it encountered local weather conditions of a temperature of 57°F and winds of 2 knots at 68°. The crosswind was 2 knots, and the headwind was 1 knot. The enroute climb started 1 mile northeast of the airport and continued for 21 minutes, covering a distance of 152 nautical miles and an altitude increase of 37,257 feet to 38,975 feet above sea level.
Following the initial climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise, starting 5 miles east of Henderson, North Carolina. This phase of the flight lasted 9 minutes and covered a distance of 76 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent, starting 1 mile northwest of Henshaw Airport in Hopewell, Virginia. The descent from 39,013 feet to 27,618 feet above sea level took 12 minutes and covered a distance of 92 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting overhead Horn Point Airport in Cambridge, Maryland. This phase of the flight lasted only 2 minutes and covered a distance of 10 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its descent again, starting 3 miles west of Preston, Maryland. The descent from 26,834 feet to 1,702 feet above sea level took 31 minutes and covered a distance of 138 nautical miles.
The aircraft then entered another level cruise, starting 3 miles north of Keansburg, New Jersey. This phase of the flight lasted 7 minutes and covered a distance of 15 nautical miles. The final approach to runway 04 at LaGuardia Airport took place from the southwest, with a heading of 32.0° and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the airport.
The landing on runway 04 at LaGuardia Airport took place with a runway length of 7,005 feet. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also good at 137 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 1,132 feet, and the touchdown speed was 134 knots, which was also good. However, the touchdown rate was fair at -226 feet per minute. The runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the local weather conditions were a temperature of 40°F and winds of 1 knot at 104°.
The total landing distance was 3,299 feet, which was 47% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect. The taxiing to the parking area from the runway took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 491 nautical miles, and the flight took 95 minutes, using 6,730 pounds of fuel.
The Airbus A320 successfully landed at LaGuardia Airport's runway 04, achieving a high score of 99.7%. The aircraft approached the runway from the southwest, heading 32.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,371 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot maintained a good threshold height, which is crucial for a safe landing.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's speed was 134 knots, which is within the acceptable range. The touchdown distance of 1,132 feet was also satisfactory, indicating that the pilot had sufficient control over the aircraft during the landing phase. However, the touchdown rate of -226 feet per minute (fpm) was only fair, suggesting that the pilot could have maintained a more gradual descent to reduce the impact on the aircraft's landing gear.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were relatively calm, with a temperature of 40°F and a wind speed of 1 knot from 104°. This resulted in a negligible crosswind component of 1 knot, which the pilot effectively managed during the landing. The runway length of 7,005 feet was more than sufficient to accommodate the aircraft's landing distance of 3,299 feet, which accounted for only 47% of the available runway.
The pilot's performance during the rollout phase was also commendable, as the aircraft maintained perfect alignment with the runway. This indicates that the pilot had excellent control over the aircraft's speed and direction during the critical phase of landing. Overall, the landing was executed smoothly, and the pilot demonstrated a high level of skill and expertise in navigating the Airbus A320 to a safe touchdown at LaGuardia Airport's runway 04.
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