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Peter Dogan was dead long before the FAA changed its position with
respect to requiring holding pattern entries on the Practical Test,



On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 20:03:16 -0700, "Roy Epperson" <roye2001@home.com>
wrote:

>The holding pattern entry used on the holding patterns here:
>http://roye.home.netcom.com/flighttraining/index.htm is based on Peter
>Duggan's The Instrument Flight Training Manual.
>
>Roy
>KSQL
>
>
>"Winfield Henry" <winfieldh@mindspring.com> wrote in message
>news:9blfj3$jke$1@slb3.atl.mindspring.net...
>> I'm also an aspiring instrument rating student. I tend to be more number
>> oriented and came up with a very contrived method of figuring out which
>> entry to use. Take the radial to hold on and add 110, if your course to
>the
>> fix is between the holding radial and the sum you do a parallel entry.
>Take
>> the radial to hold on and subtract 70 and if your course to the fix is
>> between the holding radial and the subtraction you do a teardrop entry,
>> everything else is direct. EX: hold on the 080 radial. So if my course to
>> the fix is between 080-190 I do a parallel, if its between 080-010 I do a
>> tear drop anything else is direct. You do have to be aware of the fact
>> you're adding/subtracting in a 360 world, so 270+110=390 so you have to
>> actually subtract 360 to get it back into the compass card. Same is true
>on
>> subtraction of numbers less than 70. The other glitch is left turns, I
>> haven't looked into those yet. This is all brand new so I'm workin' on it.
>>
>> 'Course I really find it easiest just to draw a chicken scratch picture of
>> the fix, holding pattern, my locale and the 70degree line that marks for a
>> teardrop.
>>
>> Winfield
>> >
>>
>>
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