Originally Posted by
hargreaves99
To revive an old thread.....when teaching downwind approaches on the CAA PPL(H) syllabus, does everyone teach a "shallower than normal" approach angle?
I don't teach CPL(H) but back when I was being taught, 'shallower than into wind' was certainly the theme. Various plausible explanations as to why, but I certainly feel more at peace flying a shallower approach if landing downwind.