Originally Posted by Adam amriche
Yea 80% of the flight in and out of EGSG is flown at 1800ft however very rarely we fly at around 2500ft and when we enter the circuit it is 1200ft
Well, 80% of some flights... I normally go direct Billericay and climb 3300 as soon as I get there, even if going to south coast.
Originally Posted by Adam amriche
but how do you know if you are in the circuit do you follow the ground such as roads, landmarks etc
On a weekend at Stapleford you may tell you're in the circuit by not being told off on the radio.
More seriously, yes, there are landmarks; your instructor will point them out for you. On 22 you climb tracking the runway, then at 300ft you track 200°, then at 800ft you turn towards the white water tower at Havering. When you have a patch of trees at your 9 o'clock, you turn downwind (and call downwind). You overfly the woods, M25 and the pylons. On your left you see the A113 road. When abeam a funny house half-black and half-white, you turn base. Where to turn final should be relatively obvious.
On 04 your turning points are: 1000ft on climbout, then "somewhere near but this side of" the M25/M11 junction, then abeam a roundabout south of Abridge and again the final turn as and when. Just don't clip the London Ambulance Service mast.
All that goes out of the window on a sunny Sunday when there are 7 aircraft in the circuit and 3 descending on deadside and everybody extends downwind or makes S-turns on final.
Fly safe,
/h88