Originally Posted by
Groundloop
Slightly off topic (quite a lot actually!) talking about a climbing turn before setting course I can remember Icelandair and Loftleidir DC-6Bs out of Glasgow often doing a climbing orbit to the south before heading North towards the Ben Lomond area.
That's spot on , I also remember sitting in my P4 classroom in Paisley and seeing the BM Argonauts circle the west end of the town until they had the height to head south !