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Old 26th July 2007 | 10:18
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BOAC
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suddenly hit a vast headwind
- lesson 1 - start thinking about the next, opposite phase.

As you say, airspeed increases. To counter this you reduce power and adjust pitch attitude. Depending on how much speed/power/attitude change you gain/need, yes, you may well need to break off the approach.
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