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Old 19th May 2003 | 01:16
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ModernDinosaur
 
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From: Gatwick
Almost (but not quite) on topic - my most vivid memory of a go-around was my first ever night circuits detail in a Cessna 152. At about 300' on final, nicely set up for the landing with full flap, cleared for a touch-and-go, when ATC calls with:

"G-XXXX go around, say again go-around, 737 about to enter the runway to backtrack, make an immediate right turn, do not overfly so-and-so village."

Another forty seconds and I'd've been past the 737 and safely established in the climb. OK, so forty seconds of taxiing fuel in a 737 probably cost about as much as my entire circuits detail (including the twenty minutes holding while the 737 made an aborted attempt to take off and the extortionate touch-and-go fees!), but with hindsight and in the interests of safety, I almost wished I'd copied your Tu104 pilot, Loki...

Negative, I am committed.
(Just to fully complete the picture, the 737 was on a positioning flight for maintenance with no passengers and a PLogged flight time of 12 minutes - I'd been talking to the First Officer while waiting for my instructor to arrive.)

Cheers,

MD.
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