ii) Saw this image in the SCMP today:
The graphics is pleasing, but the event is rather disturbing. A China Airlines plane decided to abort a landing at HK Airport due to strong winds, and so pulls up 100m from the runway to make a detour back to Taipei. Amid high winds and only 100m above ground, is it really safer to fly back into the air (into the wind) as opposed to landing? I'm not a pilot and don't really understand the physics of landing a plane, but my gut instinct is a strong no.
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What I learned from Top Gun is that the only time you should do that is when another pilot has a mental breakdown in the sky, and you need to abort your landing in order to guide him back down to the carrier.
Downside is you'll get chewed out by a bald officer; upside is he'll send you off to Top Gun, to train with the best of the best.
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