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Old January 21st 08, 03:00 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Judah
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Default Dizziness disorientation

New Pilot wrote in
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Thanks for that, could well be just me being a passenger.
The nearest to the short approach sometimes is a base leg join where I
have to loose 800 feet in a short time and turning. but thats not
really agressive.

In response to another poster mentioning the UK weather and costs that
is absolutly right. weather here has been awful on the south coast and
the cost of flying
Hire for 1 hour of a PA28 wet is about $250 at loose approximation US
dollars
Landing fee at my local airport is now $35
Touch and go is $16 and they now charge $16 for a missed approach
-they waive that fee if ATC instruct a go around,


Holy cow! That's out of control - charging for a missed approach?!?! Is
this a Class B airport or something? What is their justification? How much
wear & tear does your Archer cause the runway when it never even touches
it! Are they concerned about the downdrafts from the ground effect?

I think you should consider moving to the US. Life will be better.
Especially in another two or three years...

I don't think I ever paid more than $15 for a landing fee in an Archer (or
even in a Bonanza, for that matter). And I've only ever heard of one
airport in the US where the owner was trying to charge people for touch &
goes. And I don't think he does it anymore. But even he wasn't charging for
a go-around or missed approach...