Some IFR pilots never get holding patterns outside of training.
Others are assigned holds all of the time. I know in rural areas
where I’ve been based, holding patterns were a part of nearly
all takeoff clearances, as a way to enter the ATC system from
beneath the base of radar coverage.
"We are very pleased that the NFAC will be
re-opening... This facility is a national asset of critical
importance for aeronautics research, particularly rotorcraft
research, and we intend to collaborate with the U.S. Army in
rotorcraft research in the coming years."
Source: Dr. Lisa Porter, associate
director of NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, on the
re-opening of the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC)
located on NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif.
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