Talk:Go-around

Missed approach
Recommend adding a subsection explaining specifically what a missed approach is as it pertains to instrument flight. —This unsigned comment was added by Heinous (talk • contribs) 03:41, 21 March 2006 (UTC).
 * I think we've already got it: "When the captain is instructed, or decides himself to go around, he will apply full power to the engines, adopt an appropriate climb attitude and airspeed, retract landing gears, retract flaps as necessary and follow the published missed approach procedure (a set path to follow in the event of a go-around) or the instructions of the air traffic controller.", however if you can think of something else to put, BE BOLD and put it in. --Scott Wilson 13:48, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Go arounds and missed approaches are two different things. A missed approach refers to a procedure for instrument flying and is usually used when the crew can not make a visual with the runway. Going around has nothing to do with the missed approach. You may carry out a go around and then follow the published missed approach procedure,or simply go around and re position yourself in the circuit. It depends on what the procedure for that airport/airfeild is. My point is that missed approach and go arounds are different. Simple as that.

Missed approach point merge
There is a suggestion template to merge that article into this one. I strongly disagree, for at least 3 reasons: If anyone disagrees, please comment. Thanks, Crum375 12:24, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) Missed Approach, as well as Missed Approach Point (MAP), are both important instrument flight rules concepts. They each warrant a separate article, and certainly should not be confused or merged with Go-around, which is a mechanical maneuver which simply relates to aborting a landing and effecting a climb.
 * 2) The MAP is only indirectly related to missed approach, as it simply requires the runway (or its environment) to be in sight at that point to continue the landing, or else a missed approach must be executed
 * 3) The suggestion template on the MAP article is linked to this discussion, where there is no mention of any rationale to remove it.

Removal of missed approach
I have removed the missed approach redirection from this article, to focus on the actual go-around maneuver itself. I tried to fix up the language in general; comments and improvements are welcome. Crum375 15:36, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Overshoot?
Overshoot links to Go-around but it is not mentioned in the article. Please, could anyone tell one from the other or state they mean the same? Is it a slang term? (I'm not native-English-speaking and I would like to know). Thanks, Kriplozoik 19:58, 22 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Overshooting the runway would be a condition that may influence the pilot to initiate a go-around. --24.18.62.22 07:41, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

In the USA the term overshoot may mean the same as go-around. In the UK (and most of europe) the term go-around means apply power and climb away before landing. The term overshoot in the UK means to run off the end of the runway having touched down following a landing. An overshoot of the runway (UK/EU terms) can also happen after a take-off is rejected or aborted with insufficient runway available for the aircraft to stop. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.72.239 (talk) 11:48, 13 October 2008 (UTC)