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Air Force One Executes Missed Approach in Connecticut with President Obama On Board
ABC News ^ | Lisa Stark

Posted on 05/18/2011 8:19:49 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

Air Force One executed a missed approach on its first attempt to land today at Bradley Field in Connecticut, circling the airport before making a successful landing on the second try.

The FAA said visibility was “below the minimum,” meaning the pilots couldn’t see the runway from the altitude required for landing due to thick cloud cover. They were coming in to Runway 6 on instrument approach.

Weather at the field at the time was overcast with visibility of 1.5 miles and cloud ceiling 300 feet to 1000 feet variable.

Sources said the attempt was not a touch-and-go or dramatic maneuver that would have caught attention from those on the ground.

“A missed approach is ‘called’ by the pilot in command of an aircraft or the aircraft crew at any point in the approach to an airport on aninstrument approach,” an aviation expert told ABC News.

“It simply means that the pilot was uncomfortable completing the approach due to visibility, cloud ceiling, or any number of reasons. ..

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.abcnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: aviation; bho44; bhoairforceone; usaf
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1 posted on 05/18/2011 8:19:51 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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the press onboard said they didn’t notice anything.


2 posted on 05/18/2011 8:20:44 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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Too bad they didn’t just keep going and land in France. I think the French are down one socialist.


3 posted on 05/18/2011 8:22:45 AM PDT by thesharkboy (<-- looking for the silver lining)
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To: NormsRevenge

Wow. That kind of thing should not happen, unless there was some sort of “special” reason the flight crew was concerned about the approach. It just does NOT happen with AF1.


4 posted on 05/18/2011 8:23:54 AM PDT by Mr. Jazzy (The United States Marine Corps, your greatest friend or your worst enemy. YOU choose.)
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To: NormsRevenge

That’s because they Air Force guys are pros, and the event in question isn’t a big deal. It just has a menacing sounding name....”missed approach” makes people think about something like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edSLBe9XL90


5 posted on 05/18/2011 8:24:57 AM PDT by krb (Obama is a miserable failure.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Good thing our national asset (including the fine crew) is not harmed.

As for Barry, what is the purpose of this said trip again? What national importance? To what regular citizens will this trip benefit?

I thought so.


6 posted on 05/18/2011 8:26:46 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: NormsRevenge

“Executes a missed approach”

Perfect metaphor for the Obama administration.


7 posted on 05/18/2011 8:27:42 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: NormsRevenge
I'm really not sure why this is "news".

The missed approach is part of instrument flying, and the visibility goes below minimums at decision height (or if the approach is "off" for other reasons), we fly the "miss".

(It's a good thing.)

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8 posted on 05/18/2011 8:28:16 AM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: NormsRevenge

The new “longest 40 minutes” of his life. Can’t wait to hear the press regale us with tales of his coolness in a tense situation. Blech. The plane should have a “Baby on Board” sticker.


9 posted on 05/18/2011 8:28:48 AM PDT by hometoroost (Love the Onion story on a closed-ceremony "transparency" award. Oh wait, that actually happened.)
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To: NormsRevenge

At least they weren’t trying to land in Smolensk.


10 posted on 05/18/2011 8:29:45 AM PDT by AU72
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To: krb
I was on a plane to LAX and we were just a few hundred feet from landing - actually over airport land IIRC, when all of a sudden the engines gunned way up and we went back up for some over the ocean maneuvers and eventually came back in.

I asked the Stew 'wassup' as we were disembarking and she just replied something about "another aircraft" in the vicinity -- never did learn whether it was a runway incursion or what.

11 posted on 05/18/2011 8:29:45 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (It's not the Obama Administration....it's the "Obama Regime".)
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To: Sir Napsalot

I wonder if his re-election campaign will be stupid enough to use this to manufacture a “running on the tarmac dodging sniper fire” story, since Obama single-handedly track OBL’s hideout and took out our national enemy #1.


12 posted on 05/18/2011 8:30:03 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: NormsRevenge

the visibility is obviuosly racist


13 posted on 05/18/2011 8:32:04 AM PDT by wny
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To: NormsRevenge

Obozo must have been giving them a talk about how great he is and they were in rapture.


14 posted on 05/18/2011 8:32:51 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Mr. Jazzy
Wow. That kind of thing should not happen, unless there was some sort of “special” reason the flight crew was concerned about the approach. It just does NOT happen with AF1.

Did you read the article? The go around was due to visibility. It's no big deal.

15 posted on 05/18/2011 8:34:39 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: NormsRevenge
Air Force 1 is a Boeing 747-200B. All B-747s are equipped with autoland, depending on the options and model some are equipped for Cat III.

Perhpas a mechanical failure, or crosswind too high for autoland?
16 posted on 05/18/2011 8:35:25 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: NormsRevenge

Another subliminal coup. The only problem is that obama is too stupid to pick up on it.


17 posted on 05/18/2011 8:37:17 AM PDT by ILS21R ("Every night before I go to sleep, I think who would throw stones at me?", she said.)
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To: Mr. Jazzy
The approach minimums are still the minimums...

When you can't see the runway environment --- time to go....

Climb out --have another coffee-- Hold for a bit....
Then - Take another look

BTW -- Not every US airport is equipped for zero/zero landings.

Even when the aircraft is equipped and certified, the ground-based systems must be are installed, likewise certified and continuously monitored by ATC.

Welcome to instrument flight rules...

18 posted on 05/18/2011 8:38:24 AM PDT by Wings-n-Wind (The main things are the plain things!)
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To: NormsRevenge

Slow news day.

Going missed is routine when visibility is close to minimums.


19 posted on 05/18/2011 8:38:34 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (In last year's nests, there are no birds this year.)
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To: hometoroost
Can’t wait to hear the press regale us with tales of his coolness in a tense situation.

I'm pretty sure the president chided the pilot and then took over the controls and executed a flawless landing on the next approach.

20 posted on 05/18/2011 8:40:07 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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