Touch and Goes versus Full Stop Taxi Backs

On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:30:17 -0500, Frank wrote:

I saw an AWACS 707 (don't know the military designation) doing touch and
go's while driving through Belgium. I was surprised as I thought the cost
of such activity would relegate it to the simulator.

I live across Great Bay from the former Pease AFB, which still houses
a NH National Guard KC-135 tanker squadron. On a summer's day--they
particularly like Sunday at 4 p.m., when you are most likely to have
folks over for tea--they'll do T&Gs for an hour or two. It's a long
pattern, so they don't get many in, ten maybe?

(At least I assume it's T&G. They could I suppose taxi off the runway
and substutite another pilot, or even another aircraft: "Okay, your
turn!" Heck, they could have ten pilots in the plane, all lined up
waiting their turn.)



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In article ,
Cub Driver wrote:

(At least I assume it's T&G. They could I suppose taxi off the runway
and substutite another pilot, or even another aircraft: "Okay, your
turn!" Heck, they could have ten pilots in the plane, all lined up
waiting their turn.)

I seem to remember hearing the tower talk about the T&Gs the last
time I flew by Pease (last year). (And there would be no need for a full
stop in order to change pilots - unless the USAF has a procedural
requirement for that when below 10000').

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Bob Noel
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