Originally Posted by
Ascend Charlie
I flew Winjeels in 69 and 72, never heard of Patterns. The only prescribed tracks we flew were the VDF Letdown. "Dual 58, transmit!" "Dual 58, one two zero, three zero zero zero" (before they switched to thousands) "Dual 58, steer one two eight, descend to two five zero zero" etc
Pattern B was upper airwork, not an instrument descent. It was a significant part of upper air training when I was a student at BFTS 1961. Funny, don't recall it when I did the instructor course at CFS in 1966.
The only way I mastered the exercise was to learn, by rote, the required attitude, heading, speed, altitude, vertical rate at every 15 seconds for entire pattern. Took about 10 minutes to fly the pattern.
Perhaps someone may remember some of individual legs of the pattern?