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Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

"Mike Weller" wrote in message
news:1124231216.c341073bb004b05a4f8ce94bd50ab494@ onlynews...

I've never felt comfortable sitting in "position and hold". And I've
done it many times.
My opinion is that it is much better to taxi onto the runway and kind
of sit sideways, so you can see everything.

The purpose of P&H is to expedite the flow of traffic. Sitting kind of
sideways delays your departure.

There is sideways 90 degrees to the runway heading, and sideways
a few degrees off of runway heading so that you have a clear view
of what might be landing on you. I always try to position the
plane so I can see behind me when given 'position and hold'. The
extra half second that it take to turn to runway heading on the
take off roll is no big deal.

John
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John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/