overshoot bournemouth

[Ronco37]

A friend saw a small aircraft over fly the runway yesterday )(or day before?) with a Ryanair jet on the runway awaiting clearance. I would be grateful for any info' please.

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

What sort of information do you want? A small aircraft carried out a go-around while a Ryanair aircraft was waiting to depart...... and???

[Knife-Edge]

Here is the answer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrwO8b9iq34).

[HZ123]

I do not think some of you are being very helpful?

[Avman]

Ronco, what your friend saw was nothing unusual. A "light" aircraft may be making instrument approaches for training purposes. There is no intention to land. At a given altitude and distance from the threshold it will commence a go around. All this is coordinated with ATC beforehand. Keeping everyone informed, ATC may line an a/c up on the runway. Generally over the threshold (or before) the trainer will turn away on an assigned heading clear of the runway - and the departure a/c can be given it's take-off clearance. ATC is all about SAFETY and EXPEDITION.

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

HZ123... Not really a case of being unhelpful; I didn't know what he wanted to know. Problem on here is that non-aviation people pose questions about things which are quite routine. Avman has provided an excellent explanation which should keep Ronco happy.

[potkettleblack]

During my IR training all I bleedin did was missed approaches at EGHH! Landing really is overrated you know.

Then it was back up into the NDB hold and out on the full procedural approach to have another go. If my instructor was feeling nice then he might slide the visor open just a smidgen to show me the runway dead ahead before he called the go around again. And whilst he was distracting me with a "look down there" bang there goes the engine....again....Simulated of course.

Ah what fun we had.

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

Yep.. I flew as safety pilot on a Minair Dove at Hurn several times during my radar course in 1971. Scary, but fun!!