I'm sitting here looking at my handy-dandy little PDQ pattern calculator...

For left traffic, it shows a 45 degree entry with a right to downwind, a
left to base, and a left to final. (Obviously, for right traffic, everything
is reversed).

I'm still a wannabe, but everything I have read indicates this is the
correct method for flying a pattern. Are there any F.A.R.s that indicate
otherwise?




"Mike O'Malley" wrote in message
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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You are allowed to enter the traffic pattern any way you like.


Well, not just any way, there is a restriction on the direction of
turns.

Please explain to me how it is possible to "enter on a 45 to the downwind"
AND "make all turns to the left in the traffic pattern" (that is
paraphrased
from memory). In fact, if one were to only make left turns in the traffic
pattern, an overhead approach would be one of the ONLY ways to enter the
pattern. Of course, one very few people are looking for. :-)

--
Mike