Straight-ins at uncontrolled airports?

Tony writes:

The upwind joining gives the approaching airplane a good opportunity
to see the departing traffic ...

Right down to the color of the departing pilots' eyes.

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Mxsmanic wrote:
Tony writes:

The upwind joining gives the approaching airplane a good opportunity
to see the departing traffic ...

Right down to the color of the departing pilots' eyes.

You must have incredible vision to see the color of a pilots eyes from
more then 1/2 mile away. The upwind leg is on the opposite side of the
runway from the downwind at the same distance from the runway as the
downwind leg. You of course knew this because you had read about
traffic patterns and spend 30 seconds googling the term upwind traffic
pattern.

"John Theune" wrote in message
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Right down to the color of the departing pilots' eyes.


You must have incredible vision to see the color of a pilots eyes from
more then 1/2 mile away. The upwind leg is on the opposite side of the
runway from the downwind at the same distance from the runway as the
downwind leg. You of course knew this because you had read about traffic
patterns and spend 30 seconds googling the term upwind traffic pattern.


What would a departing pilot be doing on the downwind leg?

Touch and goes come to mind.

On Feb 15, 5:04 pm, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:
"John Theune" wrote in message

news:Ya4Bh.4061$103.2003@trndny05...



Right down to the color of the departing pilots' eyes.

You must have incredible vision to see the color of a pilots eyes from
more then 1/2 mile away. The upwind leg is on the opposite side of the
runway from the downwind at the same distance from the runway as the
downwind leg. You of course knew this because you had read about traffic
patterns and spend 30 seconds googling the term upwind traffic pattern.

What would a departing pilot be doing on the downwind leg?

Touch and Goes and downwind departures come to mind.


On Feb 15, 5:04 pm, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:
"John Theune" wrote in message

news:Ya4Bh.4061$103.2003@trndny05...



Right down to the color of the departing pilots' eyes.

You must have incredible vision to see the color of a pilots eyes from
more then 1/2 mile away. The upwind leg is on the opposite side of the
runway from the downwind at the same distance from the runway as the
downwind leg. You of course knew this because you had read about traffic
patterns and spend 30 seconds googling the term upwind traffic pattern.

What would a departing pilot be doing on the downwind leg?

What would a departing pilot be doing on the downwind leg?

Departing downwind, perhaps?

"Tony" wrote in message
ups.com...

Touch and goes come to mind.


Not to a rational mind.

Oh? I'm missing something.

On Feb 15, 6:43 pm, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:
"Tony" wrote in message

ups.com...



Touch and goes come to mind.

Not to a rational mind.

Tony wrote:
Oh? I'm missing something.

On Feb 15, 6:43 pm, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:

"Tony" wrote in message

roups.com...




Touch and goes come to mind.

Not to a rational mind.




No, Steve was just explaining why he wouldn't have thought of that. :-)

John Theune writes:

You must have incredible vision to see the color of a pilots eyes from
more then 1/2 mile away. The upwind leg is on the opposite side of the
runway from the downwind at the same distance from the runway as the
downwind leg.

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. If you're on the upwind leg, you're
either landing or departing traffic, or you're about to collide with one of
these.

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.

An upwind join means that you are flying right into departing traffic.

You of course knew this because you had read about
traffic patterns and spend 30 seconds googling the term upwind traffic
pattern.

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

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