18-08-2013, 10:41 AM
G'day All
I vividly remember my first go around many years ago whilst training for my gfpt in the wonderful C152.
It was my 3rd flight and we had droned around the training area and headed back via 2RN for a straight in to BK. It was a great flight I was hitting all the numbers and my instructor was nice and quiet which is a good thing.
So over Warwick farm we go and roll in onto final, runway extended centreline between my legs, power, attitude and airspeed spot on. At about 800ft my instructor stated, this doesn't look right, check everything, you have 10 seconds before I take over.
Hmm ok, airspeed, check, ROD, check, flaps at 3, check, carb heat, check, landing clearance, yep, got that. What else, heels on the floor, yep. Fuel, all good.
Then it dawned on me, I had perfectly lined up on the taxiway that runs parallel to the active runway. Too late to realign so an embarrassing go around was the result.
One circuit later I had another shot and delivered a completely awful landing with a decent bounce or twenty. Clearly i was still a bit angry with myself and a bit rattled from my earlier error. It was a good early lesson in proactively re composing myself when things don't go to plan that still serves me to this day.
Cheers
Rob B
I vividly remember my first go around many years ago whilst training for my gfpt in the wonderful C152.
It was my 3rd flight and we had droned around the training area and headed back via 2RN for a straight in to BK. It was a great flight I was hitting all the numbers and my instructor was nice and quiet which is a good thing.
So over Warwick farm we go and roll in onto final, runway extended centreline between my legs, power, attitude and airspeed spot on. At about 800ft my instructor stated, this doesn't look right, check everything, you have 10 seconds before I take over.
Hmm ok, airspeed, check, ROD, check, flaps at 3, check, carb heat, check, landing clearance, yep, got that. What else, heels on the floor, yep. Fuel, all good.
Then it dawned on me, I had perfectly lined up on the taxiway that runs parallel to the active runway. Too late to realign so an embarrassing go around was the result.
One circuit later I had another shot and delivered a completely awful landing with a decent bounce or twenty. Clearly i was still a bit angry with myself and a bit rattled from my earlier error. It was a good early lesson in proactively re composing myself when things don't go to plan that still serves me to this day.
Cheers
Rob B
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