Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
Is it not assumed, when you perform a 360, that you will finish the manoeuvre at the same point in space as you started it at ?
If this is in reference to my Case 2, and if "space" refers to the airmass, then that it what was intended. The manouver is not ground referenced and the path over the ground will not be circular.
(Holding is ground referenced and has no relevance to Case 2.)