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General aviation (GA) includes all civil aviation activities except scheduled, commercial passenger flights. GA covers private recreational flying, corporate jet flights, flight training, crop dusting, aerial photography, and other activities.

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Why would a plane fly in circles?

The likely explanation is that the pilot was just making room for another aircraft. If a plane stops in the air, it stalls and falls, so planes can't (shouldn't in normal operation at least) stop in …
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