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MY FS FLIGHTS
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Work on the flare
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: five 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.
Side view — the last 1,715 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,715 m of the 2,951 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 934 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Boeing 737-800 started at Melbourne International Airport (YMML) where the aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 16, which took 14 minutes to cover 3 nm. The departure roll on runway 16 covered 978 m, which was 27% of the runway length, and the aircraft reached a liftoff speed of 157 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 14 °C with a wind of 13 knots at 200° resulting in a crosswind of 6 knots and a headwind of 11 knots.
The enroute climb started overhead Melbourne Airport, climbing from 1,396 ft asl to 19,269 ft asl in 8 minutes, covering 34 nm. The level cruise started 3 miles north of Gordon, lasting 2 minutes and covering 15 nm. Another climb started 3 miles west of Creswick, climbing from 20,072 ft asl to 37,849 ft asl in 16 minutes, covering 114 nm. The following level cruise started 6 miles east of Goroke, lasting 13 minutes and covering 92 nm.
The enroute descent began 5 miles west of Tintinara, descending from 37,982 ft asl to 4,150 ft asl in 22 minutes, covering 91 nm. The next level cruise started overhead Para Hills West, lasting 3 minutes and covering 7 nm. The landing occurred on runway 23 at Adelaide International Airport (YPAD) with a runway length of 2,951 m, and the aircraft touched down 905 m from the threshold at a speed of 159 knots and a vertical speed indicator of -398 ft/m. The total landing distance was 1,611 m, which was 55% of the runway length. The local weather at the time of landing was 11 °C with a wind of 6 knots at 180° resulting in a crosswind of 5 knots and a headwind of 4 knots.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area, which took 4 minutes to cover less than 1 nm. The total flight distance was 361 nm, with a total flight time of 79 minutes, consuming 3,623 kg of fuel.
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