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In article , Tom Seim
writes (Jim Vincent) wrote in message news:20040610165940.0224 ... In power, they're taught to fly patterns with very little bank angle, whereas in gliders we're taught to bank at about 45 degrees or so. I well understand the rationale for banking steeply in gliders, but why are power pilots taught to do shallow turns? The reason is, actually, pretty simple: power planes have god-awfull visibility; if you bank too steeply you lose visual contact with a key part of the pattern. This is something to keep in mind while flying in the vacinity of power planes: if you can't see the cockpit, they can't see you. In general, the best policy is to assume that they can't see you and to act accordingly. Tom Seim Richland, WA Not ALL power planes. Our club has 2 Robin D400 Avions for tugs and you get a very good view out of them. The same goes for the Rallaye we used to have. I hesitate to say this, but maybe its just US aircraft? -- Mike Lindsay |
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