767 at LAX did a go-around today!

Joachim Feise wrote in message ...
Paul Tomblin wrote:

In a previous article, "Yossarian" said:

minutes later. Pretty minor I guess but I've never seen or heard of a heavy
jet doing a go around. Must have freaked some of the passengers out!

On a 737 making a bad approach to the "alternate" MSP runway one night
- high, fast, too-tight base-to final turn ... I was *real* glad he
didn't try to salvage it. No announcement over the interconm, though.

Somewhat related, several years ago I watched a United 737 land at
SLC, taxi back, and take off again. Wrong airport? Weird to see it.

Saw it at an airshow in Salt Lake City about 10 years ago. 747 was on final
to 17 and heard a Cessna receive a taxi clearance to the same runway.
Instead of holding, guy taxis right over the hold line, lines up, and
started his takeoff roll with that 747 almost right on top of him. Was
holding my breath because for a few moments it looked like he was going to
climb right up into the belly of the jet. '47 gets it cleaned up and climbs
back out headed 45 degrees off to the right, while the Cessna just bops off
on his way climbing straight out, apparently unaware that the jet had even
been there. The tower did NOT sound happy.

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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In a previous article, "Yossarian" said:
minutes later. Pretty minor I guess but I've never seen or heard of a
heavy
jet doing a go around. Must have freaked some of the passengers out!

I've been on a heavy that did a go-around. The pilot said that another
plane blundered onto the runway.


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(Paul Tomblin) wrote in message ...


I've been on a heavy that did a go-around. The pilot said that another
plane blundered onto the runway.

We had to do one in a DC-10 in Las Vegas a bunch of years ago. I was
watching out the window and we kept floating down the runway. Just as
we passed the halfway point on that runway, the pilot went to max
power. We went screaming off the airport boundry at about 150'AGL and
well over 200kts. Wheeled around and landed on another runway. Never
did climb above 500' in the turn. The captain's explanation was the
sudden wind shift of more than 90 degrees and it raising up to 30kts
continous. I still remember the dust clouds we set rolling through a
subdivision as we roared over it.

Craig C.

"Corrie" wrote in message
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Joachim Feise wrote in message
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Paul Tomblin wrote:

In a previous article, "Yossarian" said:

minutes later. Pretty minor I guess but I've never seen or heard of a
heavy
jet doing a go around. Must have freaked some of the passengers out!

On a 737 making a bad approach to the "alternate" MSP runway one night
- high, fast, too-tight base-to final turn ... I was *real* glad he
didn't try to salvage it. No announcement over the interconm, though.

Somewhat related, several years ago I watched a United 737 land at
SLC, taxi back, and take off again. Wrong airport? Weird to see it.

Along the same lines, a few years back I was on an AmericaWest flight into
Long Beach (LGB). I couldn't see the ground from my window, but when I did
we were almost at touch down...I thought.

When we touched, the pilot hit the brakes hard and didn't even deploy the
reversers. Almost immediately, he made a hard left turn onto the taxiway.
Being on the right hand side, I looked out and saw...the THRESHOLD LIGHTS
for the opposite end of the runway just outside my window. As near as I can
recall, he made the last taxiway for turning off the runway.

Tom
--
"Transported to a surreal landscape, a young
girl kills the first woman she meets and then
teams up with three complete strangers to kill again."
--Marin County newspaper's TV listing for "The Wizard of Oz"

When I was flying out of Fort Bliss, it was not uncommon to have heavy's
shot approaches to Biggs Army Airfield only to go around and then land at El
Paso. The approach ends of both runways are only a mile apart. I do no of
one Delta flight that landed and had to turn around and take off again. I
also know of at least 4 C-130's that have landed at El Paso only to have to
take off again to come to Biggs. The problem here? Two differnet towers.

Fred


"Corrie" wrote in message
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Joachim Feise wrote in message
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Paul Tomblin wrote:

In a previous article, "Yossarian" said:

minutes later. Pretty minor I guess but I've never seen or heard of a
heavy
jet doing a go around. Must have freaked some of the passengers out!

On a 737 making a bad approach to the "alternate" MSP runway one night
- high, fast, too-tight base-to final turn ... I was *real* glad he
didn't try to salvage it. No announcement over the interconm, though.

Somewhat related, several years ago I watched a United 737 land at
SLC, taxi back, and take off again. Wrong airport? Weird to see it.

In article , Jeff Franks wrote:

Friend of mine is a AA pilot and told me that they had to land once
without flaps. Trouble was that none of them knew what the speeds were for
that setup, so they had to dig out the books ("professional" pilots mind
you).

I'd be willing to bet that the landing speeds vary over a wide range
depending on gross weight of the aircraft. They probably have to
check a table every time they take off or land to see what the reference
speed is. I think if your "friend" is reading the thread, you owe him
an "apology."

Regards,

Mike Beede