I have maybe a silly questions about patterns, but I haven’t really been able to find a clear answer. Let’s say I’m flying a pattern at a small airport and I am on the downwind leg flying parallel to the runway. How do I know I am actually on the flight path of the downwind leg, and not, let’s say…

There is no set path for the legs in a pattern. How wide you fly your downwind is more a function of airspeed. In other words, you want to be wide enough that you can turn to base, fly wings level, then turn to final. The faster you are going, the wider your turns. 60 meters left or right isn’t goin…

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BabaZu7442 January 2, 2023, 11:42pm 3

Thank you, that clears up so much!