>>The BGA some years ago now modified their standard glider circuit to cut off >>the base turn which keeps the glider closer to the landing zone. This was a >>result of looking at real flight records as to what experienced pilots were >>doing in out landings.
I think you will find that the GFA has this as an optional approach pattern and it's noted in Basic Gliding Knowledge. Because of the nature of gliding approaches (sink rate, airbrakes etc), I am not sure that a continually changing path would work as well as doing a pattern with a definite diagonal leg with well banked turns. D _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
