On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:30:14 -0400, Roy Smith wrote:

Perfectly legal. That's exactly what the tower has in mind when they say
"long landing approved".

When I am listening to the PSM tower, I often hear 'cleared for the
option'. I assume that the tower is responding to a request (which I
didn't hear) for just such an action--touch & go, landing long, etc.
Why doesn't the tower actually repeat what is approved?