Re: Instrument checkride: Failed :(

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On Tue, 01 May 2001 03:06:01 GMT, "Roger" <rdhalste@tm.net> wrote:

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>Roger Halstead (K8RI) www.RogerHalstead.com
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>"C J Campbell" <christophercampbellNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:KpCG6.71599$xN4.5184786@news1.sttls1.wa.home.com...
>> PTS: Holding Patterns "3. Explains and uses an entry procedure that
>ensures
>> the aircraft remains within the holding pattern airspace..."
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>> Doesn't leave the DE a lot of option. You have to choose the correct entry
>> or, if they are close, one of the two correct entries, and be able to
>> explain why you chose that entry. Anything else won't guarantee that you
>> remain within the holding pattern airspace.
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>You do which ever is the most direct that keeps you on the protected side.
>That will be the proper entry.
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>Draw it out, put in the 70 degree dividing line, the radial and then plot in
>entries from various directions. You should find that the easiest is the
>proper one, or conversely the proper one will be the easiest..
>Just remember to reorient the dividing line for right, or left turns.
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>Hope I can put this into words with out stumbling.
>If I do, I'm faily certain some one will catch it. <:-))
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>Every thing on the side of the dividing line away from the fix is direct
>entry. Teardrop is always going to be when you are outbound and then
>remember it is between 0 and 70 degrees. Parallel is every thing on the
>side of the dividing line toward the fix, *except* that 70 degree portion.
>*Also*, the 70 degree area for teardrop entry will always be on the side of
>the radial where the race track pattern is located.
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>It's a whale of a lot easier to visualize than put into words.
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>Roger (K8RI)

Visualize the holding pattern as a pool table.

Go to the fix and head for the far corner pocket. If the corner
pocket is north of the fix. head north. If it is southwest , head
southwest.

Turn around and come back to the fix and go outbound. You are in the
hold.

Or just start by going to the fix and turning outbound, if that is
easier, then come back to the fix. You are in the hold.

Forget all these lines and degrees and portions and other stuff that
just puts pilots into overload and causes altitude deviations (which
ARE serious). It just doesn't matter.

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>> <machogrande@nosoup4u.com> wrote in message
>> news:3aeaa016.77873971@news1.attglobal.net...
>> > On Sat, 28 Apr 2001 04:11:10 GMT, "Roger" <rdhalste@tm.net> wrote:
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>> > >Remember too, that the entries into a hold are optional.(except maybe
>> with
>> > >the DE)
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>> > They're not optional with the DE.
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