In a previous article, "Hilton" said:
I'll bite. What is a p-t-d entry? Parallel, Teardrop, Direct??? So it's
now one entry? Or are you saying you can go fly holds and enter any which
way you want? If so, you'll end up doing one of these (or some version
thereof) anyway.

Do the "no **** hold entry". Fly to the fix, then turn to the outbound
heading. After a minute, turn 225 degrees towards the protected side.
Intercept the inbound course and you're in the hold. If you sketch it
out, you'll see that if you're coming from the direction where you're
supposed to do a parallel entry, this essentially is a parallel entry.
Otherwise it's sort-of like doing a direct entry, but guarantees that you
won't overshoot your turn and blunder into the non-protected side.


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