traffic pattern

  1. Palmpilot

    New Traffic Pattern Advisory Circular

    The FAA has recently replaced the 25-year-old advisory circular on traffic patterns at non-towered airports: https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_90-66B.pdf This will probably upset some people: Self-announce transmissions may include aircraft type to aid in...
  2. B

    3 turns to exit the pattern?

    The airplane flying handbook and all other references say to exit the traffic pattern after takeoff fly straight out or 45 degrees. What if you can't do that? For example, say you're departing Southbound from runway 26 at REI (see below). I've been told you can make 3 right turns and...
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