Turning Base

[Jeff767]

What is the norm being taught today for turning base? Is the old 45 degrees behind the wing not being used? I seem to be increasing caught behind training flights flying engine out B52 patterns.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

At the "puppy mills", you often have 12 to 15 airplanes in the pattern. You can't fly a tight pattern with that many airplanes in it.

I tried this a few months ago and was told by a harried controller that the next landing would be a full stop.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Ask, you have to ask, at least around here. "Bugsmasher 123, requesting short approach."

Haha. Yes, but it was a normal approach by any reasonable standard other than the pilots being trained to fly 747 patterns at a local class D.