Touch-and-go landing

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Touch-and-go is a pilot's term for 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 stop. Usually the pilot then circles the airport and repeats the maneuver. This allows many landings to be practiced in a short time.

It can also describe a maneuver used to test questionable landing surfaces.

In British parlance this maneuver is called "circuits and bumps".