Re: RT Question
Ah, for the bad old days. One of those stories you'd hope would be apocryphal, but I actually witnessed...
VFR tower controller at a very slow airport had a Cessna taxi out for some pattern work. Pilot called ready to go. No other traffic seen or anticipated within 30 miles. Controller said, "Left closed traffic approved. Cleared for takeoff. Cleared for the option until further notice. When you're done, let me know how many you did."
That's wrong on so many levels.
Dave
PS Dunno if "option" is a term in use on the other side of the pond, but here it allows the pilot to do a full stop landing, a stop and go, a touch and go, or a low approach.