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<blockquote data-quote="mountaingoat" data-source="post: 505803" data-attributes="member: 1250"><p>I'm right there with ya - as soon as you don't stick the landing, it's best to go around and get another shots at it instead of trying to force it in. I'm a pilot, too, and non-pilots always try and get the "inside scoop" on disasters when things like this happen. I just say that we cannot second-guess the pilot's handling of the situation, and I am sure that he/she was doing the best job at the time - I can only think of the thoughts going through their minds when it started to turn ugly. It is very sad. </p><p></p><p>I don't think that people realize the work that goes into flying. Talking about bouncing the aircraft, going around, flaring, cross-winds, they are all just concepts until you're in the left seat and faced with them and you start to get "behind" the plane. Then it all becomes real. I've been caught in wind shear where my plane was forced down about 150' when I was 200' AGL on short final. It is a rather scary experience, shoving in power and praying that the plane can pull out of it. I am saddened to think that the last thing that those pilots faced was a situation that in 3-4 seconds went completely out of control.</p><p></p><p>Let's pray that the families of the pilots are comforted in this difficult time, probably made worse by the public nature of their demise.</p><p></p><p>Blue skies!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mountaingoat, post: 505803, member: 1250"] I'm right there with ya - as soon as you don't stick the landing, it's best to go around and get another shots at it instead of trying to force it in. I'm a pilot, too, and non-pilots always try and get the "inside scoop" on disasters when things like this happen. I just say that we cannot second-guess the pilot's handling of the situation, and I am sure that he/she was doing the best job at the time - I can only think of the thoughts going through their minds when it started to turn ugly. It is very sad. I don't think that people realize the work that goes into flying. Talking about bouncing the aircraft, going around, flaring, cross-winds, they are all just concepts until you're in the left seat and faced with them and you start to get "behind" the plane. Then it all becomes real. I've been caught in wind shear where my plane was forced down about 150' when I was 200' AGL on short final. It is a rather scary experience, shoving in power and praying that the plane can pull out of it. I am saddened to think that the last thing that those pilots faced was a situation that in 3-4 seconds went completely out of control. Let's pray that the families of the pilots are comforted in this difficult time, probably made worse by the public nature of their demise. Blue skies! [/QUOTE]
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