The base was closed at the end of 1969, although the military still intermittently uses the airport for training purposes, such as touch-and-go landings of tankers and cargo aircraft.
It was primarily used for touch-and-go flying.
He was performing touch-and-go landings, and on one touchdown the fuselage buckled.
The pilot then turns on the last leg, the final approach at which time clearance to land or for a touch-and-go must be received.
There was no public access to the airfield by land and it served as a remote area for touch-and-go training.
It was used to help train medium bomber and transport pilots, who used it for emergencies on it or practiced touch-and-go landings.
The long runway makes the facility well-suited for touch-and-go landing practice maneuvers.
Each aircraft makes multiple touch-and-go landings during these training events.
