Where are older taildragger pilots taught to do a 360 to scan the pattern
prior to takeoff when instructed to position and hold? Why is this taught?

I do this all the time, control tower, uncontrolled... all the time.
Yes, I listen to the radio and keep traffic situational awareness in
mind, but I have also "discovered" a JET making RIGHT traffic to
runway 33 at Fort Collins - Loveland airport (FNL), when the PUBLISHED
and locally-used pattern is LEFT traffic!

As I am also a local FAA Aviation Safety Counselor, I also interviewed
the crew each time on the ground. Once they were unfamiliar and they
were on the wrong frequency. Twice they were cowboys and asserted
"We're IFR, traffic patterns don't apply to us". So, I wrote
my letter to the FAA and filed an ASRS report... and they were
visited and remineded by the FAA about proper procedures.

NO, they weren't on an instrument approach they were just going to
land at the airport and scatter the little airplanes out of their way.

Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocation!" Eberhard

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