"Ed Rasimus" wrote...

It's a test -- can we stay oriented while the runway's moving in circles?

Why does that conjure up an image of a base turn that never reaches
final?

Been there; done that! When operating "zip lip" in the vicinity of rainstorms,
the ship would often make unannounced turns.

Occasionally they'd do it during night EMCON ops, too, but that would result in
a ILS localizer that just wouldn't stay in the middle...