Question: "Overhead Entry to Downwind?"

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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| "C J Campbell" wrote in message
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| Good article, but I see nowhere that he says a 45 degree entry is
illegal.
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| In about the middle of the article Deakin writes:
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| "In fact, I can make a very good case that the classic 45-degree entry
is
| itself a violation of the FARs, since it is ALWAYS in the opposite
direction
| to the established flow of traffic. Since it is the final turn onto the
| downwind leg, it must certainly be in the "vicinity" of the airport, and
| therefore covered by the above regs!"

Then in that case I have to disagree with him on that point.

He says it in the context of "playing on words".


It might be interesting to get a couple of FSDO interpretations.