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Old 1st Nov 2006, 15:14
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tonyhalsall
 
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Originally Posted by Mariner9
All great in theory, but the theory (and every diagram of an OHJ I've ever seen) conveniently ingnores an approach to the airfield from the deadside, which statistically should occur on ~50% of joins, but sod's law says its far greater
What is the problem with joining from the deadside?

If you know it is a left hand circuit - you keep everything on your left (10/11 oclock) and make all turns to the left. Reverse (obviously) if it is a right hand
(1/2 o'clock).
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