"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
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"Terry Harper" wrote:

We're not talking about a landing, but the need to "go round again" if
the
landing has to be aborted. This is unlikely to happen later than when
the
captain calls finals, when he will be a couple of miles away from the
threshold, at least.

Last time this happened to me (Dublin) we were over the threshold when the
pilot aborted. Apparently an Aeroflot plane had, quote: 'Got lost' and
hadn't cleared the runway when expected to. We went up in a straight line
and much steeper than a normal take-off. I've also seen go-rounds at
Heathrow happen much closer than two miles from threshold.

Strictly speaking, the decision to abort ought to be made before the pilot
goes to "full flaps", because that inhibits his ability to get away again
safely. When he does that, he's almost committed to landing. Trying to climb
away on full flap is not nice. You cannot safely raise them until you have
enough speed and altitude.
--
Terry Harper, Web Co-ordinator, The Omnibus Society
http://www.omnibussoc.org
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