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Old February 7th 07, 02:10 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Roy Smith
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Default Straight-ins at uncontrolled airports?

In article ,
Dallas wrote:

On 5 Feb 2007 17:42:52 -0800, Dave wrote:

On top of all that, what if the instrument approach happens to be
downwind,


That happened to me the last time I flew. I was announcing a take off on
runway 35 while a student with an instructor were announcing a 1 mile final
on runway 17.

They were practicing ILS approaches so they had to land downwind on runway
17. I had to jog out of their way on the climb out.


They *HAD* to do nothing of the sort. They *SHOULD* have broken off the
approach at some reasonable altitude and circled to land on the runway in
use. If you want to practice downwind landings, go to a towered airport
and let ATC control the traffic for you.