Y'Al.l,
Very much in agreement with Bob Gardner about 90/270 and not the FAA's
80/260. After a pilot has his rating I recommend forgetting all the
formalities of holding patterns and procedure turns and using only the
90/270 to the procedure side.

Regarding strong winds. The LDA into CCR CA is an interesting approach in
that it is right angles to the only ground level wind entry of the entire
California coastline through the Golden Gate.

The initial part of the approach has winds that require 30 to 40 degree wind
corrections but at the FAF the hills block most of the winds at a lower
altitude and often no wind correction is required.

The other day I flew with a retread pilot into Sacramento Executive where we
were tracking the VOR with a 30+ wind correction angle and made our base
entry to 30 with much the same angle. We literally slid sideways down to
the runway.

Gene Whitt