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Old 22nd Apr 2015, 21:00
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Really a pretty stupid thing to have done attempting a go around after demolishing the props and this guy was very very lucky not to have killed himself by stalling in or at best landing off airfield into whatever ((

Having said that its a pretty dramatic video and a good eye opener to others not to attempt such a knee jerk reaction.

Gear up is what we all fear! In 3000 hours of piston twin time I nearly did the same once due to an over zealous other pilot in the right seat, very low cloud/vis and declaring I was going to miss.

He retracted the gear just as the runway came back into view and forgot to tell me I was so looking out of the plane that I failed to notice till the flair and went around without any contact.

Had there been contact there is no way I would have attempted his stunt

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