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March 31st 04, 10:30 PM
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"Cub Driver" wrote in message ... Circular (or at least 360-degree) airfields were common at one time. You put a stake in the center with a windsock on top. The aircraft landing simply landed into the wind, wherever it was coming from. Yes, but that's not what he's talking about. What you're describing is an "all ways" airfield in which aircraft can land and takeoff in any direction, but with a straight ground run. He's talking about a runway in a circle where aircraft use a curvilinear ground track. 
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March 31st 04, 10:42 PM
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Sounds like an obvious candidate for that wonderful approach
out East with a DME arc right to the MAP... John "Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message ink.net... "Cub Driver" wrote in message ... Circular (or at least 360-degree) airfields were common at one time. You put a stake in the center with a windsock on top. The aircraft landing simply landed into the wind, wherever it was coming from. Yes, but that's not what he's talking about. What you're describing is an "all ways" airfield in which aircraft can land and takeoff in any direction, but with a straight ground run. He's talking about a runway in a circle where aircraft use a curvilinear ground track.
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