A few months back, whilst on the ground awaiting departure, I saw an Airbus A320 go around from about 200 feet AGL - apparently because the gear was still up.
I first saw the Airbus when it was about 500 AGL and had been cleared to land, and I thought,
"What's wrong with this picture"?
Then I thought
"He's got no gear down!!!"
Then I thought
"Nah - couldn't be! Must be the viewing angle or the engine nacelle must blocking my view of the gear."
Then I thought
"He bloody-well hasn't got the gear down!!!!! OMG!!!"
The other pilot and I looked at each other in disbelief, and I tried to recall what the standard radio phraseology is for,
"Do you REALLY want to do this?" when the recently trained tower guy pipes up,
"[callsign] check wheels." and that's when the Airbus first started to pitch up for the go-around.
John Wayne plane indeed!
