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Old 6th Feb 2013, 12:10
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Phileas Fogg
 
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Walter The Know It All,

I don't pretend to be a pilot nor have I ever wanted to be a pilot however from aged 18, some 36 years ago, I worked in air traffic control and when the wheels of an aircraft, from an airborne position, make contact with a runway surface then that is considered a "landing".

A "go around" is "overshooting" before making contact with the runway surface, air traffic control determine what is a landing and what is not and with all due respect to the professional pilots and their SOP's around these parts ... if the tyres make contact with the runway surface then that is a "landing".
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