Whats the point of an airplane doing a touch and go landing?
A touch and go landing is just a way for the pilot to practice landing. The difficult part of landing is getting your approach angle correct, and keeping the runway lined up if there is a crosswind. After the pilot touches the runway, he just goes back up and does it all over again. Just practice. As for the window shades, one main reason is for motion sickness. Most people experience motion sickness when they feel like they are moving, but can’t see anything around them moving. When in an airplane, it is fairly smooth except for accelerating and climbing while taking off, and descending and stopping while landing. The windows need to be open during those times so that people can see outside and see movement. The secondary reason is for safety. You can see what is happening outside. In in a crash situation all you really care about is the nearest exit.
