Bugsmasherdriverandjediknite
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even down to a couple of hundred feet I would. after announcing my intentions on the radio, do a quick orbit. it takes on average, six minutes to do a circuit from the final position. It takes two to do an orbit. nothing either unsafe or improper about it. If you have trouble doing an orbit in VMC at a couple of hundred feet, your in trouble to start with. although I doubt that skywest would use such a maneuver at the low levels I would deem as exceptable (due to me using much smaller aircraft........... and having about 8K hrs at 50 ft).
If they were out on a long final, I doubt very much that they would have been below 1000 or been upsetting anyones orderly pattern........ Hence my previous statement.
If you read old mates post, he said he was 3 miles, someone else was 1 mile and FNA was behind both of them doing the orbit.
Last edited by the wizard of auz; 22nd Dec 2006 at 09:47.