On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 22:57:11 GMT, Jose wrote:

What is in fact up to the pilot in a normal PT is the
method of reversing course once one is tracking the (given) outbound course.

Although I agree there is a requirement to turn outbound, I see no
requirement that one must, at any time, "track" the outbound course.

(By that I mean flying over the earth on the line indicated by the outbound
course).

For example, at the procedure which started this thread, one could overhead
the facility and execute a racetrack turn. In that case, one would never
be tracking the outbound course.


Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)