touch-and-go landing
Brief runway contact
A touch-and-go landing is an aircraft maneuver where the pilot lands briefly, then immediately takes off again without coming to a full stop.
It's a standard training exercise for practicing landings and takeoffs in rapid succession: Student pilots typically do several touch-and-goes before their first full-stop landing.
The phrase touch-and-go separately describes precarious situations.
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