because we live about a mile or so away from a small local airport and I see planes doing touch and goes all the time.. I always brag to my wife that I know what they're called lol
Not sure I ever told you, but several years ago, out on the base, a couple of pilots came up to me and needed me to edit a video for them as the sound wasn't sync'd to the video.. I said "yeah" and asked what it was.. it was cockpit footage of a T-38 doing touch and goes.. they did 4-5 on the video.. then, on the final touch and go, right as they touched down and hit the throttle to gain speed to take off, one of two engines flamed out.. from the cockpit camera, you see the jet swerve violently to the right, there's hectic commotion between pilots and you hear "Eject! Eject! Eject!".. the jet goes off the runway and the video ends..
Both pilots were killed - I think ejecting on the ground at high speed didn't work out so well.. It wasn't classified, but I agreed to delete the files once it was sync'd up out of respect for the families..
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