go-arounds

Noun

go-around (plural go-arounds)

1. An abort of a final approach where the pilot circles the airport to make another attempt at landing.
   • After the autopilot was disconnected, the aircraft drifted above the glide path, and twice the captain coached the first officer to get the aircraft down to the glide path. The first officer reduced thrust in response to the captain’s first mention to get the aircraft down, and he reduced thrust to...1999 April 15, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, “1.1 History of the Flight”, in Aviation Investigation Report A97H0011, Loss of Control on Go-around (Rejected Landing), Air Canada Canadair...
2. An iteration; an instance of repeating or redoing something.
   • The whole issue of male versus female sexuality seems to be an issue we all love to hate each other over. The battle has become an annual event in these pages. I had hoped to stay out of the latest go-around, but I am moved to reply, to her cruel reaction to […]1980 April 12, John Kyper, “Poisoned”, in Gay Community News, page 4