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Old 25th March 2008 | 22:17
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TheOddOne
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From: Down at the sharp pointy end, where all the weather is made.
Yes, of course we all teach go-around from any approach that might result in a less than satisfactory landing.

Have a read in the latest AOPA magazine ref. Shoreham's attitude to this.

Personally I agree that it is inappropriate to charge a landing fee for a go-round. Apparently Shoreham started doing it because some instructors were allegedly doing go-arounds so save landing fees when doing circuits.

At our aerodrome, based a/c pay a flat monthly fee which covers all use of the runway, whether simply departing or arriving, doing circuits, touch-and-goes, go-arounds or whatever. This I believe is a MUCH better way of organising things.

I would urge all school to negotiate a proper scheme rather than try and save money by not paying any 'aerodrome use' fee but only pay a 'per landing' charge.

There remains the contentios issue of visitor go-arounds. I guess some aerodrome managers might suspect that some unscrupulous school might visit another aerodrome to carry out circuits 'on the sly'. I don't think they're doing their students any favours by not actually touching down - the flare and touch are surely such a vital part of flight.

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