VS11 Go Around in Boston

On G-VWIN (Lady Luck) tonight landing at Logan and had to do a go around. Pilot kept everyone informed that another plane was slow to leave the runway, but I don't think we were even close to wheels down when the engines roared and we climbed steeply banking to the east over the Atlantic.

15 minutes later and we were on the ground.

A weird feeling when you're all ready for landing and there is a sudden change in direction, height and speed! Happened a couple of time to me with no warning from the pilot!

Enjoy Boston!

If the flight deck crew invoke a go-around, they will not "waarn" anyone - their primary task is flight safety....they'll tell you what happened afterwards, when they've got time!

In aviation, there's a golden rule - aviate, navigate, communicate - which essentially shows you that if workloads are high, they'll fly the plane, keep an eye on where they are, and only then explain what's going on to passengers etc.

I know people can find them disturbing, but I find an occasional go around an exciting experience. I get a feeling of the true power of the aircraft which I guess is usually kept in check and managed for reasons of economy.

IIRC the last go around I experienced was on an Easyjet flight into STN. Turns out there was a rabbit on the runway..

Paul

The rabbit on the runway reminds me of having the privilege (many moons ago) of being on the flight deck of a Monarch 757 into Orlando. As we taxied in the plane stopped to allow a really large tortoise to continue crossing ahead of us. The funny part was the co pilot suggesting that if we moved forward we could trap it between the wheels under the wing and the passengers in the back would wonder what the clunk-clunk-clunk... noise was! You never get to know what's really happening up front when you are just sat in the back.