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Old 12th November 2008, 10:10 PM
Nigel C Nigel C is offline
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Perhaps it's not so much a case of no-one knowing what happened, but maybe it ranked so lowly in their day to day activities that it simply did not warrant any more than a passing glance (that's assuming anyone bothered to look up in the first place!).



To put it into perspective, think of it like this...

I have the ATC radio on and volume turned up for 12 hours in a day. Most of what I hear I automatically filter as standard radio gibber. But when something 'non-standard' is said, be it a phrase or whole transmission, or if my callsign or location on the field is called, I automatically tune in to the finer details and respond where necessary.

The same applies for go-arounds. If I notice one has gone around, I may pass a glance at it, check for wheels down/up, check for smoke, check the props are turning etc, and if all looks good and I don't get a phone or radio call then I quickly forget about it. If there's an issue that might concern me, then I'll pay more attention.


Obviously your cause for excitement on the day hasn't been noticed by anyone else here.
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