Take-off
Take-off
Introduction to aircraft
Introduction to aircraft
Introduction to aircraft
Introduction to aircraft
Introduction to aircraft
Landing
For the waiting, the pilot turns around the airstrip and prepares the landing by doing a checklist that contains the point to get the landing gear out if it’s retractable.
When the time comes the pilot does a lap of the track, this lap has to begin at a minimal altitude. The pilot starts the lap in a parallel axis to the track. Then, he turns at 90° degrees to be perpendicular to the track. He finally turns at 90° degrees again to be aligned to the track. All these steps must be on descent and at the fixed speed of landing.
To keep the landing speed unchanged, if the plane is too high in altitude to arrive on the track correctly, the pilot has to get the airbrake out to cut the aerodynamics.
At the last moment, the plane executes a flare-out before touching down and landing the wheels delicately. During the aircraft driving on the runway, the pilot applies the brakes at most to slow down.
