Short Final

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • A flight instructor was conducting multi-engine training with a student at St. Louis International who performed numerous go-arounds.
  • The instructor kept air traffic control (ATC) informed about the student's repeated landing attempts.
  • Recognizing the situation and low traffic, ATC issued a uniquely flexible and humorous clearance, allowing the student to land on "any runway you think you might be able to."
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A few years back, I was doing multi- education in a 310 at St. Louis international. The student was making a lot of go-arounds, and I was keeping the tower informed.

Finally, our clearance was:

“N1234, it’s a nice night, and we’re not busy. Cleared to land on any runway you think you might be able to.”


Robert Braun

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