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names, acronyms and explanations of the unique language that
populates the aviation world. Aerospace, sport aviation, fixed
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the terms you may use every day, or an introduction to an aspects
of the Aero-World you may not yet be familiar with. ANN also
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any intriguing terms.
An airfield traffic pattern is a standard path followed by
aircraft when taking off or landing. At an airport, the pattern is
a standard path for coordinating air traffic. It differs from
"straight in approaches" and "direct climb outs" in that aircraft
using a traffic pattern remain close to the airport. Patterns are
usually employed at small general aviation (GA) airfields and
military airbases. Traffic patterns can be defined as left-hand or
right-hand, according to which way the turns in the pattern lie.
They are usually left-hand because most small airplanes are piloted
from the left seat (or the senior pilot or pilot in command sits in
the left seat), and so the pilot has better visibility out the left
window. Refer to image below for a standard traffic pattern.
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