Okay, but where does it say you *have* to do a downwind entry? When it comes to airport traffic patterns, the U.S. FARs are notoriously - and I think deliberately - vague. Until something bad happens and the federales get involved with their big "VIOLATION" ink stamp at the ready. Then it's, "Oh, Mr. Airplane Pilot, so you were making RIGHT traffic?" Or, "Oh, Mr. Helicopter Pilot, so you were NOT avoiding the flow of fixed-wing traffic?"