Turn ASAP 1

25.10.2004

Submission:

I am unsure if you have had an answer to this, or if this is even the correct answer. But our Squadron, and I am sure airforce, follows and teaches the same procedure. The SOC position is as soon as the throttles are moved forward, the nose raised and a climb commenced. Whether this is well before the missed approach point or during. If it was before the missed approach point, I would clean up the aircraft, continue to climb to the published altitude for the procedure and attempt to fly the promulgated ground track, which is usually a turn once through the aid.

If missed approach was commenced at the standard missed approach point, then I would attempt to turn as soon as I had power up, aircraft in a climb and the flap running up (i.e. reducing drag). Main thing is that there is no great panic to turn, best to get the aircraft into a flying position straight ahead before trying to get it around the corner. Nothing worse than trying to turn and having an engine failure at a speed which will not allow aircraft control with an engine out.



Lee Taylor, Royal New Zealand Airforce