Originally Posted by
Pinky the pilot
No-one who has gone through all the theory courses and examinations required to gain even the basic CPL of the 1980s would come up with some of the rubbish I have read on this thread!
A certain gentleman I know who used to run theory courses in the 80s tends to agree with you.
Although, he did comment that "the downwind myth has been around for a long time, probably as long as people have been flying".
I'd never heard of it before!
