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Old 30th Apr 2008, 16:42
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Lasiorhinus
 
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Originally Posted by IO540
once committed to a landing I always land.


With respect, that's a very dangerous mindset.

Once you've committed to the landing, and you suddenly realise your wheels are still up, it is prudent to go-around.

Four horses suddenly run onto the strip in front of you... go around.

Landing into a setting sun, you suddenly realise the shadow in the runway is not the shadow of a tree, but the aircraft that landed before you with a flat tyre and ground-looped... go around.

Until your aircraft is on the ground and slowed to taxi speed, you must always be prepared to go around. It matters not whether you're flying a microlight or a 747 - consciously refusing to go around below a certain limit is a dangerous attitude, and greatly increases your chance of bending something, one day.
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