CTAF PROCEDURES
I’ve been flying around NSW, VIC and SA for the past month and I’ve noticed that at a lot of non-towered aerodromes some aircraft, particularly ultralights (recreational aircraft as they prefer to be known) don’t give downwind calls.
When I was learning to fly, my instructors taught me to always give a downwind call. It improves situational awareness and is good airmanship but is a downwind call mandatory? I don’t have my AIP book with me at the moment and I don’t have OzRunways going yet either.