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Post subject: Re: Box the base leg  Posted: 30 Nov 2017, 18:09 |
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Username Protected wrote: Probably a Navy guy, didn't they usually do a dog leg to final...? Nope. Race track pattern every time. Unless you're driving P-3s.
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Post subject: Re: Box the base leg Posted: 30 Nov 2017, 20:45 |
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Username Protected wrote: Probably a Navy guy, didn't they usually do a dog leg to final...? Racetrack pattern. We fly a constant angle of bank from the 180 until we roll out on final with approx 15-18 seconds of grove length (straightaway) from the wings level transition to touchdown.
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Post subject: Re: Box the base leg Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 17:41 |
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Username Protected wrote: We had a straight deck Navy guy as a senior in CAP (1960s)...he used to fly a dog leg to final.
I guess that's why I thought it was an old Navy deal... Perhaps his technique needed work. I’m willing to bet the majority of his pass comments began with AA.  Btw, my comment above should have read “...groove length...”. For some reason, it won’t let me edit it.
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Post subject: Re: Box the base leg Posted: 03 Dec 2017, 12:23 |
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Had this happen to me for the first time, Tower......"Bonanza 451 extend your Downwind, until notice", "Skyhawk on Final"  I'm not as Fast is you fellas with the Bigger Badder BO's  I can't even put the gear down, until I slow to 100mph But I'm Stylin  How fast are those Skyhawks? 
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