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It really comes down to you to de- termine how safe a given straight-in approach will be.
Personally, if I’m flying a visual approach, even on an instrument flight, I’ll maneuver to fly the stan- dard traffic pattern almost all of the time. If I do decide it makes more sense to proceed straight in, I’ll master the straight-in approach by flying predictably, making an extra effort to see and be seen, hear and be heard; and ready to break it off at any time per the right-of-way rules and good-sense survival skills if a conflict occurs.
Thomas P. Turner is the author of the FLYING LESSONS Weekly blog (www.mastery-flight-training.com) that inspires pilots to pursue Mastery of Flight.TM A prolific writer, speaker and flight instructor, Tom has been inducted into the National Flight In- structor Hall of Fame.
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