Pattern departures and altitude

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says...
If I'm told "maintain at or below 3500 make left downwind departure" for a VFR
departure, do I climb immediately to 3500 (or my intended altitude) or do I
level off at pattern altitude until I leave the downwind leg of the pattern?

Are you wanting to land again? Or dice with the pattern traffic?

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Duncan

On Jul 11, 4:32 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
In a Baron, I can be above 1000' AGL

Pretty high appartment building you live in.

-Kees

Dave Doe writes:

Are you wanting to land again? Or dice with the pattern traffic?

This would be for departure to another airport.

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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If I'm told "maintain at or below 3500 make left downwind departure" for a
VFR
departure, do I climb immediately to 3500 (or my intended altitude) or do
I
level off at pattern altitude until I leave the downwind leg of the
pattern?

In case you haven't figured it out yet, you haven't given enough information
to answer your question. There are two key pieces of information missing.

Please..... Nobody tell him.

On Jul 12, 7:18 am, wrote:
On Jul 11, 4:32 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:

In a Baron, I can be above 1000' AGL

Pretty high appartment building you live in.


Pretty fast elevator, too. g

Why would you make a left downwind?LJ

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In rec.aviation.piloting Mxsmanic wrote:

If I'm told "maintain at or below 3500 make left downwind departure" for a VFR
departure, do I climb immediately to 3500 (or my intended altitude) or do I
level off at pattern altitude until I leave the downwind leg of the pattern?


You maintain at or below 3500.

In rec.aviation.piloting LJ Blodgett wrote:
Why would you make a left downwind?LJ

wrote:

In rec.aviation.piloting Mxsmanic wrote:

If I'm told "maintain at or below 3500 make left downwind departure" for a VFR
departure, do I climb immediately to 3500 (or my intended altitude) or do I
level off at pattern altitude until I leave the downwind leg of the pattern?


You maintain at or below 3500.


Because the tower told you to?

I can think of at least one place where that's common to keep the
climbing traffic away from houses.


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Jim Pennino

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On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:05:27 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote:

If I'm told "maintain at or below 3500 make left downwind departure" for a VFR
departure, do I climb immediately to 3500 (or my intended altitude) or do I
level off at pattern altitude until I leave the downwind leg of the pattern?

Climb to your altitude.
"Downwind" indicates direction of the departure, not altitude.
"Left" means make left turns.
Pattern and its altitude are for landing aircraft.

- Tom

That's a nice point, Tom. We enter landing patterns, not take off
ones.

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says...
Dave Doe writes:

Are you wanting to land again? Or dice with the pattern traffic?

This would be for departure to another airport.

You've answered your own question then.

--
Duncan