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Old 24th Sep 2006, 16:21
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tori chelli
 
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When I worked at an airfield with a lot of CPL-IR training going on, it was taught that you off-set double or even triple the drift on the outbound leg to allow for the effect of (typically) a crosswind enlarging or tightening your base/procedure turn from the outbound leg to the inbound.
Therefore it's almost inevitable that your outbound track will be different from the outbound QDR, but the terrain clearance built into the design of the holding AREA (as distinct from the holding pattern) for the procedure should take care of allowances made for typical winds experienced at the location.
Being lined-up on the inbound leg is the thing...otherwise you're not where you should be at DA/MAPt
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