GK430, not sure I understand your last post - are you saying that microlights shouldn't use long runways???
Not too long ago, I had the pleasure of watching a gyro-coptor take off from Exeter International in front of me. (Well, I say "watching" but he departed off an intersection at least a mile and a half from the end of the runway, where I was lined up in turn - I'd have needed binoculars to get a good view!) Didn't cause any problems, and there's no reason why it should have done.
I seem to be in the minority regarding Genghis's decision to go around or not. I agree that he had right of way, and was not obliged to go around. But I was always taught that if something isn't right, go around first and ask questions later. The only good reason I can see for not going around in this case is, as Dufwer suggests, the possibility of him turning into the path of the PA28. But the steep approach path of the microlight would have meant that Genghis would have been above the PA28 already - going around would have put him even higher, so vertical seperation should have been assured. I will certainly agree that there is room for debate, though - I can see the merits of the arguments that landing was the correct thing to do.
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