Adding an airplane rating to private pilot glider

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I have to say that I don't get this whole Go Around thing. Other than
in my initial lessons with the power instructor I have never been in a
pattern that I had to do a go around for. If you enter the pattern at
the correct height and speed, you should have no reason to do a go
around.


Doug,

Stick with it, you'll find a reason in just a few more hours: there are
dozens of them. Don't ever think you've seen it all in aviation.


Jack

On Apr 7, 6:53*pm, J a c k wrote:
Doug,
Stick with it, you'll find a reason in just a few more hours: there are
dozens of them. Don't ever think you've seen it all in aviation.
Jack

Jack,
Of course I haven't seen it all. I'm sure I'll be presented with a
good reason to do a go around. Hopefully though it won't be because I
didn't fly the pattern properly.

Doug

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I'm sure I'll be presented with a good reason to do a go around.
Hopefully though it won't be because I didn't fly the pattern
properly.


It probably won't be your fault, but some day it may be. The mark of a
mature aviator is that he also goes around without reluctance when it IS
his fault, instead of trying to fake it. We all make mistakes.

If you are relatively new to the game I can understand that you're still
building your self-confidence. Then the other side of the cycle is where
you moderate your self-confidence in an effort to stay alive long enough
to get to the point where you are so old that you are on the building-up
side again. It's always something.


Jack