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    An airfield traffic pattern is a standard path followed by aircraft when taking off or landing while maintaining visual contact with the airfield. At an...
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  • Traffic pattern can refer to Information traffic patterns Airfield traffic patterns Traffic analysis This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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    In aviation, a traffic pattern indicator is an L-shaped device which show the airfield traffic pattern to the in-flight aircraft over an aerodrome. The...
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    Aerodrome (redirect from Airfield)
    An aerodrome or airfield is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither...
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  • Aircraft vectoring (category Air traffic control)
    service provided to aircraft by air traffic control. The controller decides on a particular airfield traffic pattern for the aircraft to fly, composed of...
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  • giving position reports and acknowledging other aircraft in the airfield traffic pattern. In many locations, smaller airports use pilot-controlled lighting...
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    of the airfield traffic pattern. The last communication with 5Y-NNJ was the one of the pilots acknowledging a warning from ATC about traffic departing...
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  • Run and break (category Air traffic control)
    break is a procedure used by high-performance aircraft to join an airfield traffic pattern without requiring the aircraft to spend a long time flying at low...
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  • Ramachandran plot V model Sentence diagram Tree structure Treemapping Airfield traffic pattern diagram List of information graphics software Data and information...
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    common cause of this accident is to enter a skidding turn in the airfield traffic pattern on the turn from base leg to final approach, unconsciously using...
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  • expression, often called a pattern Airfield traffic pattern, the traffic flow immediately surrounding a runway Design pattern, a standard form for a solution...
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    must be approved by the administration of the Tübingen region. The airfield traffic pattern for airplanes is west of the airfield at 2700 ft. v t e v t e...
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    N13670, descended steeply and crashed while maneuvering in the airfield traffic pattern. The pilot and two passengers were seriously injured, the other...
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    N67195, lost engine power during a steep climb to reenter the airfield traffic pattern after a touch-and-go landing; the aircraft spun and crashed southeast...
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  • Overhead join (category Air traffic control)
    approach and safely land at an airfield. It helps a pilot to integrate with any air traffic pattern near an airfield, join any circuit, and land. Aircraft...
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    factor leading to the crash was the pilot's decision to fly the airfield traffic pattern at an airspeed of about 100 mph (160 km/h) with the landing gear...
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    failures of airmanship and ATC. The SR22 pilot flew too fast in the airfield traffic pattern and overshot his turn, resulting in the SR22 crossing the extended...
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    or below 2,200 feet (670 m) and was reasonably easy to fly at airfield traffic pattern altitude on a single engine, but that an engine-out go-around would...
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  • flew into sudden extreme turbulence while maneuvering in the airfield traffic pattern; the aircraft dropped, rolled, and crashed, killing one pilot and...
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    Cessna pilots to "report right downwind" (referring to a downwind airfield traffic pattern turn). The controller then called Ozark 965 to confirm it was following...
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    altitude of 1,000 feet (300 m) and turning towards runway 09 from the airfield traffic pattern. At this time the precision approach path indicator (PAPI) lights...
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    the airfield pressure altitude was 766 millimetres of mercury. At this point the crew began to descend to the altitude of the airfield traffic pattern. Passing...
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  • Pitts S-2B, registration number N5305A, collided in mid-air in the airfield traffic pattern. The Pitts pilot regained control and landed without injuries to...
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    Picard then radioed air traffic service (ATS) to report that the flight was entering the left-hand airfield traffic pattern to land at Kiunga. The weather...
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  • Luscombe 8A, registration number N2889K, collided in mid-air in the airfield traffic pattern approximately 1/2 mi (0.8 km) east of the airport. The Piper crashed...
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  • arises from the traditional use of traffic patterns at airfields. A landing aircraft will first join the traffic pattern/circuit and prepare for landing...
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    International Airport (RGIA) are used. Also, there is no dedicated Air Traffic Control at the airfield, but ATC duties are carried out by flying school trainees....
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    Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and through a given section...
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    United States Air Force Combat Control Team (category Military air traffic control)
    provide expert airfield seizure, airstrike control, and communications capabilities. Combat Controllers are FAA-certified air traffic controllers and...
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    radio with the identification "Kusel Segelflug" on 123.35 MHz. The airfield traffic pattern is flown either northwards or southwards. The council is made up...
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