My apologies. It was the PHAK and AC_90-66b from 2018. And they didn’t call it a teardrop.You misjudge me. I’m a FF fan. Also, see my subsequent post regarding the AC.
Where is it in the AIM? Searching “teardrop” in an AIM pdf yields 8 matches, all referring to hold entries.
You can be expecting a call from FSDO soon
I mean, it’s easier to spot traffic if you’re about to hit it .
For sureMay I steal this line?
I'll take my chances on the one large, easy to see, professionally flown aircraft over the throng of students and weekend pilots who think a teardrop entry is new or dangerous ANY DAY..
what if one of the 2-3 planes on downwind is a King Air? That’s the part I don’t like. 500’ above puts you right in his face.
I’ve found that if just yell “Allahu Akbar!” loudly over CTAF everyone will vacate the area and I can fly any pattern entry I like.
How do you know it’s professionally flown? Could be a couple real incompetents that are paid to fly it.I'll take my chances on the one large, easy to see, professionally flown aircraft over the throng of students and weekend pilots who think a teardrop entry is new or dangerous ANY DAY.
Yelling “I oppose Critical Pattern Theory” also works, I’m told…I’ve found that if just yell “Allahu Akbar!” loudly over CTAF everyone will vacate the area and I can fly any pattern entry I like.
“My taildragger is equipped with vortex generators.”I've noted it before but it bears repeating that using the phrase "caution wake turbulence" at the end of my radio calls tends to help clear the pattern for me ...
May I steal this line?
The OH break just killed a lady at Patty Wagstaffs airport in an Extra 300 this week. Speculation is she G-locked and augered in while in the pattern.
We get ALOT of pilot mill traffic at my airport from ERAU and ATP. The tear drop is definitely being used by these large organizations.
I might steal it back from you if he lets you steal it, I kinda want it to just be mine now..Can I steal it from you?
I was taught if nobody in the pattern to do the 45 entry at altitude, otherwise we fly overhead 500-1000 and 2 miles past the airport for the teardrop into 45 descending after the 2 mile mark.
Fine, you win. The published FAA preferred pattern entry is super hazardous and is likely a leading factor in GA accidentsHow do you know it’s professionally flown? Could be a couple real incompetents that are paid to fly it.
You didn’t say YOU were flying a turbine airplane.Fine, you win. The published FAA preferred pattern entry is super hazardous and is likely a leading factor in GA accidents
If she g-locked doing an overhead she either had a medical condition or she didn't do a proper overhead break.The OH break just killed a lady at Patty Wagstaffs airport in an Extra 300 this week. Speculation is she G-locked and augered in while in the pattern.
We get ALOT of pilot mill traffic at my airport from ERAU and ATP. The tear drop is definitely being used by these large organizations.
I posted about an accident at St. Augustine, that could be what he's talking about. If so, not at all matching the description; smoke in the cockpit, runway overrun.
And what's safer and easier for those of us flying Cubs and other slow airplanes can be very different from what's best for faster aircraft.Circumstances dictate how I enter the pattern.
Whatever is safer and easier for the particular landing will dictate the maneuver.
http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2014/12/accident-occurred-december-27-2014-at.htmlAnd what's safer and easier for those of us flying Cubs and other slow airplanes can be very different from what's best for faster aircraft.
A Pitts is a lot faster than, say, a Cub. In this case both planes were already in the pattern. Sounds like the Cherokee turned base too late and the Pitts turned too soon.Careful big fella....we had a NORDO Pitts impact a Cherokee 140 on short final at DMW.
http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2014/12/accident-occurred-december-27-2014-at.html
I enter on pattern corners unless I'm 'straight in to a 45' or straight in final. Once I have the runway environment in sight, I'm not putting it out of my field of view. Anyone who advocates getting the environment in sight only to put it behind you, is a special kind of stupid.
I hope you never use 'straight in to a 45' as part of a radio call. Saying "straight in" should be reserved for talking about final.
I enter on pattern corners unless I'm 'straight in to a 45' or straight in final. Once I have the runway environment in sight, I'm not putting it out of my field of view. Anyone who advocates getting the environment in sight only to put it behind you, is a special kind of stupid.
So when you're on upwind but staying in the pattern can you see the planes on final, base or anywhere beyond midfield downwind? Or is your back turned to them?I enter on pattern corners unless I'm 'straight in to a 45' or straight in final. Once I have the runway environment in sight, I'm not putting it out of my field of view. Anyone who advocates getting the environment in sight only to put it behind you, is a special kind of stupid.
Why? Can't look over your shoulder at the field?
So when you're on upwind but staying in the pattern can you see the planes on final, base or anywhere beyond midfield downwind? Or is your back turned to them?