A riot, a go around, and Swiss Pro!!!

On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 20:13:54 +0000, Mike wrote:


I've never been in a "real" go around. Did all the others really think
they were about to die or something?

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Jafar As-Sadiq Calley
Senior 1st Officer
Livewire Airlines
http://www.livewireairlines.com/

Mike wrote:


Only one. A flight back to Stuttgart from Austin TX via Atlanta.
Already too many hours in the aircraft the pilot attempted a landing in
what looked to be a good 1/4 mile vis (out my side window) He aborted
and at full power the aircraft shook and vibrated. The lady behind me
almost busted my ears screaming. We had to go to Munich and then bus to
Stuttgart. Not a good ending to a long flight.

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boB

Flying FS2002 in Texas

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On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 15:56:02 +0000, Mike wrote:


LOL. The ATC were probably trained to behave like the FS9 ATC and clear
a 747 for no.2 to land behind a cessna 152

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Jafar As-Sadiq Calley
Senior 1st Officer
Livewire Airlines
http://www.livewireairlines.com/

On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 15:56:02 +0000 (UTC), "Mike"
<mike@.NOspam.michael-cracknell.co.uk> wrote:


Heh, I think that the airlines should add a detailed, non-technical,
description of what a "go around" is to the safety demonstration. :-)

Then at least people like Bob Katter will not go on about the pilot
pressing the "accelerator pedal" etc. :-)

Bob

"jafar" <me@home.fr> wrote in message
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I've been in three - all on the same flight! Coming into Luton in a
Sleazyjet 737 one clear calm starry night we were about 4 miles out with
gear down. Pilot booted the throttles, raised the gear and around we went,
he said "the runway wasn't clear". OK fine, I can live with that...
then......2nd approach, exactly the same again with no word from the pilot
this time. Worried looks all round and I'm starting to think the "runway not
clear" message was a fib.....

3rd approach. Same again, 4 miles out, boot the throttles. Pilot says
"Senior cabin crew to the cockpit please". We're now thinking "oh sh*t".
Pilot says "Ok, as you've probably guessed by now we have a problem with the
aircraft, we're going to fly around a bit and contact the company
engineers". I now have a nice lump in my throat!!!

4th approach we landed with fire engines everywhere. Now you would assume it
was a gear problem, but standard practice (according to a 737 pilot I know)
would be to cycle the gear a few times - and they didn't do that so I assume
it was not a lack of greens. I don't know what caused it but I do not want
to go through that again!!

W

I was on a Delta flight once that did a go-around at Fort Lauderdale
International. I was sitting on the left hand side of the plane, with a
clear view of the airport. When the pilot turned onto final, it was obvious
to me that he had waited too long to make the turn, and was way off line.

He came onto the PA and told the passengers that we were going around due to
"slow traffic on the runway," but I knew that we were executing the missed
approach because he had screwed up the turn to final.

The second attempt was fine.


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On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 11:06:18 -0500, ccsuwxman wrote:


Well spotted that man. Pilots must hate it when us mere simmers know when
they are lying

--
Jafar As-Sadiq Calley
Senior 1st Officer
Livewire Airlines
http://www.livewireairlines.com/

An aborted takeoff close to rotation (the wings were already starting
to bend upward), to me, seems a lot scarier since you don't know if
there's enough runway left for the plane to stop.

I've had one in Istanbul 2 yrs ago and I must confess that one had me
worried.

-=tom=-

"William Casey" <bill.casey@fonix.org> wrote: