"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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No, it is not. The upwind leg is aligned with the runway; it includes the
final and departure legs of the pattern (some people consider that it
includes
only departure), and the runway itself.
There is no leg on the opposite side of the runway. You're not supposed
to be
on the opposite side of the runway. That's why patterns are designated
left
or right.

_Someone_ needs to read a bit more, that's for sure. At least I can't
kill
anyone in a simulator.

A Circuit may be left or right of the pattern. The pattern itself is a
square (or rectangular) area surrounding the airfield with the runway
central to the pattern. Whilst a circuit is only half this area, the pattern
encompasses it all.
The pattern has 2 sides. a 'live' side, and a 'dead' side.
Crash Lander