Holding Pattern Trouble Dear Rod:
I'm having a devil of a time with IFR training and I'm just realizing that it's not all my doing. When my instructor first started teaching me about holding patterns I asked him to draw pictures for me.
holding pattern - racetrack shaped manoeuvre which keeps aircraft within a specified airspace while awaiting further clearance from air traffic control.
Holding pattern. A racetrack pattern, involving two turns and two legs, used to keep an aircraft within a prescribed airspace with respect to a geographic fix. A standard pattern uses right turns; nonstandard patterns use left turns.
Holding pattern surveillance. Additional services are provided to the extent possible contingent only upon the controller's capability to fit them into the performance of higher priority duties and on the basis of limitations of the radar, ...
When an air traffic control unit that will control a flight reaches capacity, arriving aircraft are direct towards holding patterns where they circle until it is their turn to land.
Holding pattern: Manoeuver consisting of making the aircraft turn around the aerodrome at an assigned altitude, while awaiting further ATC instructions.
HSI: Horizontal Situation Indicator.
MINIMUM HOLDING ALTITUDE- The lowest altitude prescribed for a holding pattern which assures navigational signal coverage, communications, and meets obstacle clearance requirements.
Even on IFR flights, dead reckoning is important. Sometimes it's merely a convenience, and sometimes it's absolutely required; procedure turns and holding patterns are familiar examples.
14.3 Navigating by Instruments ...
with all of the precise instruments onboard an aircraft, and must be current on IFR flight, usually meaning he or she has completed several instrument landing approaches, is familiar with radar systems and tracking, and has flown holding patterns ...
 See also: Pattern, Flight, Aircraft, Pilot, Runway
  
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