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Departure
Raise the gear lever promptly once a positive rate of climb is confirmed after liftoff.
What happened: The landing gear was never raised during the initial climb and was still down when the climb ended.
Watch for: Landing gear lever: UP promptly after confirming a positive rate of climb.
Arrival
Smooth out your control inputs through touchdown and rollout, easing the controls rather than snapping them to avoid sharp g spikes.
What happened: Average g force through the landing came out at 1.1 g, well above the smooth, steady loading expected through touchdown and rollout.
Watch for: G-force meter: hold it within the normal smooth range through touchdown and rollout.
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: six checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,130 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,130 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 213 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 35L at YMMB Melbourne Moorabbin Airport in 7 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 35L, the aircraft accelerated to a liftoff speed of 102 kt and became airborne after a take-off distance of 549 m, which represented 51 % of the runway; ambient temperature was 8 °C.
Climb commenced over Heatherton, with the aircraft ascending from 227 ft asl to 2 950 ft asl, a gain of 2 723 ft achieved in 2 minutes while traversing 5 nm.
The first level cruise segment began over Chelsea Heights, lasting 2 minutes and covering 6 nm.
Descent started 1 mile south of Frankston North, with altitude decreasing from 2 948 ft asl to 1 190 ft asl, a loss of 1 759 ft in 2 minutes over a distance of 4 nm.
A second cruise phase was flown over Somerville, lasting 2 minutes and extending for 5 nm.
Final approach to runway 35 at YTYA Tyabb Airport involved a descent from 207 ft agl to -380 ft agl in 51 seconds, and the aircraft was scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 35, which is 1 130 m long, was executed with a threshold speed of 91 kt (slightly above target), a touchdown distance of 212 m, a touchdown speed of 81 kt, and a touchdown rate of minus 161 fpm; runway-touchdown alignment was very good and the local temperature was 9 °C.
Rollout distance measured 307 m, representing 27 % of the runway, and runway-rollout alignment was perfect.
In total, the flight covered 24 nm, required 14 minutes, and consumed 15 kg of fuel.
The Curtiss JN-4D completed its final approach to runway 31L at KJFK, descending from 269 ft agl to 18 ft agl in 65 seconds and receiving a score on the stabilisation gates.
At threshold the aircraft maintained a good height and a good threshold speed of 41 kt. Touchdown distance was good at 51 ft, while touchdown speed of 40 kt was noted as a little fast. The touchdown rate was fair at minus 268 fpm and runway touchdown alignment was very good; ambient conditions were 59 °F with a 2-kt wind from 270°, including a 1-kt crosswind and a 1-kt headwind.
Touchdown occurred 51 ft beyond the threshold at a speed of 40 kt, a descent rate of minus 268 fpm, and with very good alignment to the runway centreline.
Rollout covered a total landing distance of 440 ft, representing 4 % of the 11,234-ft runway, and runway rollout alignment remained very good.
To refine the already strong performance, the pilot should aim to reduce touchdown speed slightly toward the target VREF and adjust the flare to achieve a gentler descent rate, which will further improve touchdown quality while preserving the excellent alignment already demonstrated.
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