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downwind leg
Definição1
A flight path in the traffic pattern parallel to the landing runway in the direction opposite to landing.
Fonte1
KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
Fonte2
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. Helicopter flying handbook (FAA-H8083-21A). Washington, DC: FAA, 2012.
Fonte3
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Annex 14 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: aerodromes: volume 1: aerodrome design and operation. 8th ed. Montreal, 2018. (Annex 14).
Contexto
Fly the downwind leg (item 3) parallel to the runway at the designated traffic pattern altitude and distance from the runway.
The location and number of circling guidance lights should be adequate to enable a pilot, as appropriate, to: a) join the downwind leg or align and adjust the aircraft’s track to the runway at a required distance from it and to distinguish the threshold in passing.
Subárea1
Air Traffic
Related Term
upwind leg
Português
perna do vento
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