Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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In this video, we're talking about how to enter the traffic pattern at non-towered fields. There’s still a lot of confusion around this topic and I’d like to clear it up once and for all.

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📝 Contents
0:00 - Intro
0:37 - Overview and Free Webinar
1:24 - Non-towered field pattern entries
3:30 - Overflight 1000 feet above the pattern
4:53 - Descent and turn to enter the 45° for the downwind
5:37 - Midfield downwind entry
7:39 - The word “teardrop” is a problem
9:21 - Golden Rules of the Pattern
9:57 - Wrap up
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