Fri Jun 15, 2018 8:52 pm
#1618193
mmcp42 wrote:i for one, am most grateful for all the feedback
not lease because, as I suspected there seems to be more than one opinion
Not so much, I think it's everyone trying to explain the same thing. The only "opinions" are whether you need to get into the overhead from every direction. To this....
Barcli wrote:why the first orbit / circle ?
JonathanB wrote:Weeeellll it's a matter of debate I suppose...
That's what makes it an overhead join. If you descend before reaching the overhead, then it isn't an overhead join, it's a deadside join or a crosswind join.
mmcp42 wrote:my main reason for asking was I've seen the join from the three "easy" directions but this time it's the one I like least
It should make no difference. You don't have to join from any of the "90 degree" directions to the runway, you just join the circle around the airfield at whatever angle you happen to arrive from and then leave it to descend when you cross the start of the runway you want to land on.
If there are aeroplanes ahead of you which aren't spaced too well, you can go around the roundabout again and wait for the right time to then start your descent when you have a sufficient gap ahead to allow the one ahead to land and taxi clear. Or you can follow the other one and extend downwind or fly a wider or slower deadside.
This is what makes the OHJ so versatile for busy arrivals.