"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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You know, for a linear thinker, you can't seem to keep on the track
with your train of thought.


What do you base that on?



The controller told ME to go around, remember?


I recall your original post said the controller issued the go around, and I
recall in a later post you said you went around because the controller
misjudged the spacing.



I would have landed
behind the student pilot ahead of me -- or over him, if need be -- if
the controller hadn't given the order to go around.


Well, then it was a damned good thing you were at a towered field with an
alert controller! The 172 may have decided to continue down the runway
after a brief stop. He's out of your view beneath your nose, you land on
top of him. Had it happened at an uncontrolled field, or if the controller
hadn't been paying attention, you and your family and the occupants of the
172 could all be dead now. That controller may very well have saved your
life, and all you can do is complain about him having the audacity to insert
another airplane in to the available space in front of you. You should be
ashamed!



Obviously by sending me around the controller was admitting his
failure to maintain what he judged to be proper spacing between us.

This situation had nothing to do with my comfort, and everything to do
with a Class D'oh! controller who was looking through the wrong end of
his binoculars.


If your story is accurate, the controller had proper spacing and was paying
close attention to the situation. The go around was issued after the 172
unexpectedly stopped on the runway, something the controller had no control
over. It was an action of the pilot that forced the go around, not
misjudged spacing by the controller. The controller did his job without
error and possibly saved your life. Instead of bitching about it you should
be thanking him.