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cargo aircraft. As for the touch-and-go and maneuver, this is a very common practice for pilots learning to fly fixed-wing aircraft. It entails landing on a runway and taking off again without coming to a full stop. Pilots typically then circle the airport, and after this circuit, they land again, repeating the complete maneuver many times to reinforce the knowledge of a proper landing. THE IMPORTANCE OF GROWTH FOR THE FUTURE Fornwalt says growth is coming. “We’re trying to grow,” he says. “We’d like to have more people flying in and out, and we’re trying to get more business out here at the airport, whether it be just regular business or aircraft business. It can even be like where they land and unload cargo. It doesn’t have to be an actual place where they build planes. It would be like a delivery for a UPS or FedEx, something like that. That’s what we’re 8 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 12
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