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Old 10th Jan 2011, 12:20
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Tankengine
 
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On reading the whole thread fairly quickly I would like to state a few of my own opinions [ex GA instructor, current Airline Captain and glider instructor]

All of my students [GA] did many touch and goes [and some go-arounds] before solo. [glider pilots land "somewhere"]

For first solo one only full stop landing [except the guy who did 4 circuits, 3 touch and goes because I didn't brief him properly]

An aborted landing, even after all wheels on runway is a go-around, not a touch and go [a T&G has a reconfig of flaps and trim on the runway]

I have done touch and goes from Cessna 150 through Taildraggers and Barons etc to 767 and 747s! It's all about the training!

In normal ops [not training] I don't touch anything until I am off runway unless the type requires it or it helps the operation [like dumping flap on a taildragger after landing]

Get out there and have fun! [but find good instructors]
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