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Old 10-24-2009, 07:13 AM
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Default RE: Which way do they fly Down Under?

My club is on our fourth field in the 30-some years I've been a member. At the first three fields landing left-to-right was the default practice and the other direction was used only if the wind forced it. Right-to-left felt odd and there were even guys in the club who insisted that airplanes flew differently in that direction.
Last year we moved to a new field where the wind is most often cross-runway. Some small differences in terrain make the approach from the right a little more comfortable and most guys now come in from that direction. Left hand approaches are starting to feel odd, and the new guys who learn at our field will probably think that planes handle differently in a left turn!