No more "Left Downwind"?

We've had right traffic to 17 for years and years at my home field and
the sectional had RP 17 for most of those years. Last year it was
inadvertantly left off the sectional but we continued to fly right
patterns to 17. In fact, I hadn't noticed it wasn't on my current
sectional at the time until a transient pointed it out to me. We
checked it against the old sectional posted on the wall of the FBO and
sure enough, they left it off on the newer sectional. So even if a
pilot goes by the sectional, at least in this instance, he would have
been going against local convention and a radio call indicating such
would help sort out any confusion. The sectional has since been
corrected and reads RP 17 again.

"150flivver" wrote in message
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We've had right traffic to 17 for years and years at my home field and
the sectional had RP 17 for most of those years. Last year it was
inadvertantly left off the sectional but we continued to fly right
patterns to 17. In fact, I hadn't noticed it wasn't on my current
sectional at the time until a transient pointed it out to me. We
checked it against the old sectional posted on the wall of the FBO and
sure enough, they left it off on the newer sectional. So even if a
pilot goes by the sectional, at least in this instance, he would have
been going against local convention and a radio call indicating such
would help sort out any confusion. The sectional has since been
corrected and reads RP 17 again.


What field?