Eastern Wiseguy,

So you know me personally then?! ;)

Geezer,

I was talking about when it was just about to land. 30 seconds to wait for full power is not ideal when you want to send it round!

HD,

Maybe I'm being stupid, but I don't know a JK in the tower.
Gonzo.

Ah Gonzo, you are a mere babe! Bren was alluding to the legendary John Kiernan, or JK as he was universally known.

barley - probably the best thread for serious questions is this one

ATCO Two,

Well, it's often been said..............

barley,
No easy answer. One of our 737s at LGW BA has a TCAS fit which is inhibited on the ground, all the others work there so you can see the approach pattern.

Halo

The 15K was a spectacularly inane thread too. Muppet.

Stop being angry.

P7

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...

(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.