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A touch-and-go of an Airbus A340-500 of the Royal Thai Air Force at Phuket Airport. In aviation, a touch-and-go landing (TGL) [1] or circuit and bump is a maneuver that is common when learning to fly a fixed-wing aircraft. It involves landing on a runway and taking off again without coming to a full stop.
The aircraft crashed on the afternoon of July 10 as a private pilot and flight instructor were attempting a touch-and-go landing at the airport, a site for smaller jets and helicopters off the Bee ...
The tower granted Flight 5787 permission to either land, make a touch-and-go landing, or make a low approach of the runway at its discretion. [1] [2]: 4 The proficiency checker briefed the check pilot to carry out a three-engine ILS approach and expect a three engine go-around at the decision height.
On 6 November, a B-52B (tail number 53-0382) from the 93rd Bombardment Wing crashed and was damaged beyond repair upon landing at Castle AFB. The aircraft was performing touch and go landings and the latch on the landing gear lever failed resulting in the landing gear retracting while the airplane was still on the runway.
The pilot also reported he had not previously landed at that airport and performed a touch-and-go landing — which involves landing on a runway and taking off again — on runway 17 “to see the ...
Overran the runway on landing at Miami International Airport following failure and fire in the number three engine; all 17 on board survived. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service. [69] February 28, 1959: C-121G 54-4069 — 5: Crashed near Prescott Airport while performing touch-and-go landing training, killing all five on board ...
February 6, 1992: A C-130B, 58-0732, c/n 3527, of the 165th Tactical Airlift Squadron, Kentucky Air National Guard, with five crew aboard (3 pilots, one flight engineer and one loadmaster), stalled after a touch-and-go with a simulated engine failure and crashed into a hotel one mile south of Evansville Regional Airport, Evansville, Indiana ...
21 February 2001: Two pilots were killed while performing safety observer duties 1 mile from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, off Mayport, Florida [9]; 24 February 2004: Student pilot crashed onto the runway at NAS Meridian, Mississippi, during touch-and-go landing, survived [10]