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The rudder input is a changing profile through the roll rather than one that is held. So the demand on your right foot starts large at power application, eases as speed builds and the rudder gains authority, then jumps again at rotation.
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From brake release to the end of the climb, against time, then the takeoff point by point.
Lifted off at 143 kt with 5.7° 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 612 ft.
Reached 35 ft with 5,819 ft of runway left; then climbing at 1,330 fpm on average to 612 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 12,413 ft runway.
Rolled from 251 ft in, drifted right of the centreline, 6 ft at the widest, and lifted off 3 ft left. Airborne 40 % 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. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way.
The final from 4 nm.
Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.
Inside the glideslope band from 1.6 nm, where the final began, to the threshold, never more than 20 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.
Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.
Joined 3,520 ft left of the centreline at 1.6 nm.
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 32 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 18 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.
Fast from 1.6 nm, where the final began, to 0.3 nm (up to +33 kt), then inside the band to the threshold.
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
5 kt across from the right, which takes about 2° of crab to hold the centreline at 123 kt. Touched down with the nose 3° into wind, wings level.
Wind 330° at 6 kt · 3 kt head · 5 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 121 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 55 s, an average deceleration of 0.09 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 7,142 ft of the approach.
Crossed the threshold at 49 ft, close to the 50 ft target. Touched down 2,172 ft in, 1,172 ft past 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 7,142 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 440 fpm at 46 ft to 160 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 2.9° 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 7,142 ft of the 11,991 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 20 ft left of the centreline, and steered back to 9 ft right by the end of 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.
Touched down 2,172 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The 1.15 G arrival bounced.
The rest of the report
The B-2 Spirit aircraft took off from runway 19 at Whiteman Air Force Base, KSZL, with a takeoff distance of 4,815 ft, which was 39% of the runway. The aircraft lifted off at a speed of 144 kt. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were a temperature of 64 °F, with a wind speed of 10 kt at 170 °, resulting in a 4 kt crosswind and a 10 kt headwind.
After departing from Whiteman Air Force Base, the aircraft began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile south of the base and climbing from 1,527 ft asl to 38,964 ft asl, an increase of 37,438 ft in 7 minutes, covering a distance of 99 nm. The enroute level cruise started 3 miles south east of Osage City, Kansas, and lasted for 125 minutes, covering a distance of 3,628 nm.
The aircraft then began its descent, starting at a latitude of 17.7789532 and longitude of -161.7571877, and descending from 41,297 ft asl to 29,029 ft asl, a decrease of 12,267 ft in 5 minutes, covering a distance of 18 nm. The enroute level cruise started at a latitude of 18.0655226 and longitude of -161.8610028 and lasted for 13 minutes, covering a distance of 204 nm.
The aircraft then began its final descent, starting 82 miles south west of PHJR Kalaeloa Airport Kapolei, Hawaii, and descending from 29,107 ft asl to 146 ft asl, a decrease of 28,961 ft in 10 minutes, covering a distance of 89 nm. The final approach to runway 26L at PHNL Daniel K Inouye International Airport was made from the east, heading 271.0 ° at 0 nm and 128 ft agl.
The aircraft landed on runway 26L at PHNL Daniel K Inouye International Airport, with a runway length of 11,991 ft. The touchdown point was 796 ft beyond the touchdown zone, and the touchdown speed was 123 kt, which was good. The touchdown rate was also good at -163 fpm. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 21 ft from the centreline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were a temperature of 73 °F, with a wind speed of 6 kt at 330 °, resulting in a 5 kt crosswind and a 3 kt headwind.
The total landing distance was 6,866 ft, which was 57% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The aircraft then taxied to the parking from the runway, taking 28 minutes and covering a distance of 1 nm. The total flight distance was 4,046 nm, taking 183 minutes, and the aircraft used 1,431 lbs of fuel.
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