Responding to the article “Parallel Runway Traps” in our October 2023 issue, reader and ATP/CFI Jerrold Seckler took us to task for an image showing an airplane crossing over a non-towered airport from the upwind side and then executing a right turn to enter the traffic pattern. The FAA’s version of this image, the left panel of figure 8-3 in the Airplane Flying Handbook (AFH, FAA-H-8083-3C), is reproduced at right.
Jerrold wrote to point out the image’s recommendation would seem to be in violation of “FARs 91.126 and 91.127, which require all turns be made to the left when operating in the vicinity of an airport in Class G or E airspace unless right turns are specified.”
