Sorry to hijack the thread, but I've often tried to visualise how to perform a standard overhead join when you're approaching from the deadside.
Of course, it would be sensible to descend deadside and then join crosswind in those circumstances but, as IO540 said about Panshanger with a RH circuit and masochist controller, pilots often find themselves being forced to perform an unusual or unexpected join.
Am I right in thinking that - in the above example of a RH circuit - a pilot arriving from the deadside and receiving instructions to perform a SOJ should overfly the upwind end of runway at 2000ft AGL, make a 180 degree right turn (all turns in circuit direction) so crossing over the active runway threshold at 2000ft AGL and then descend back on the deadside in the usual way?
