Fintan
I too would like to offer you support for your original post. When I joined this forum in 1999 it was a far friendlier place & one where pilots and others in the know would offer advice and answer questions from less knowledgeable folk.
Its a great shame that it has become full of jumped-up primadonnas who can't wait to jump down the throat of any non-pilot who dares to pose a question.
I'll happily answer your question as a non-pilot but one who knows as much about flying as any of the rude people who have posted here - and to pre-empt any idiot I am an experienced air transport consultant not an armchair MS flight simulator pilot.
Most aircraft can go-around even when on the ground - the aircraft is committed to stay on the ground once the spoliers deploy (and certainly if reverse is applied). So a GA from 1-2m whilst not desirable is certainly possible and safe.
There, that wasn't difficult was it?
