It was used as a landing field by US pilots flying familiarization flights in North Luzon.
Survival exercises, participation in Remembrance Day ceremonies, and familiarization flights are all common activities.
After several weeks of familiarization flights, the 17th Aero Squadron entered combat on 15 July 1918 for the first time.
The air echelon joined the group at Bruning in mid-August and received four B-24D aircraft for familiarization flights.
These arrived from China and were probably flown, at first, by Chinese pilots, but Vietnamese pilots were soon in familiarization flights.
The endless hours and days of familiarization flights, tactical drills, and training for the mission were over.
No familiarization flights were taken from Sept. 11 through mid-June, he said.
We think you'll have time for one familiarization flight in the Indian MiG.
It was, perhaps, bending the rules a bit, though familiarization flights were scheduled for VIPs later in the day.
Since the one thing the Czechs did not seem to have was a good simulator for the craft they were going to be taking their first "familiarization" flights tomorrow.