On 16 Jun 2004 15:23:53 -0700, (Michael) wrote:

And what happens when you eventually hit an updraft? If you're
already high, hot, and slipping like crazy, that updraft will put you
too high and hot to land, and you will need to go around.

2400 feet gives a lot of room for error.

I've never experienced an updraft. The airfields here most often are
crowded with pines on either side; perhaps that has something to do
with it?

(Flying downwind at pattern altitude at Lakes Region in Wolfeboro NH,
you can't even see the runway for the pines.)

all the best -- Dan Ford
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