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Old 12th Dec 2001, 15:56
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Kirstey
 
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Thumbs up Airliners going around

Was at Boston yesterday looking out of the window at the terminal waiting for my flight. 2 parallel runways with planes landing on them both with another runway for take offs which intersected the two "landing" runways - all in all quite an air show in the rush hour!

anyway to the point saw an American 757 "go around" from about 30ft above the runway. As a PPL student it warmed the cockles of my heart to see. I guess it's a frequent enough thing to happen, but it still made me glow all over !! Although to be fair a missed approach in a 757 still probably costs less than a landing fee at Shoreham!!

anyway - apart from giving me a bit of confidence for the future - how often does this happen at a busy airport? as pilots how often do you "go around"? just curious?
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