AGL Crosswind Groundspeed 
Northstar VFR
MARCH 30, 2025
Make sure you're at the recommended altitude (600-1,000 feet AGL) per ACS guidelines. Begin a turn around the point, keeping asteepest bank angleon the downwind, where your groundspeed is highest. your groundspeed begins to slow down),shallow your bank angleto compensate for the decreasing groundspeed.
Flight Training Central
MARCH 4, 2024
The airplane will be flown at 1,000’ AGL parallel to and at an equal distance from the field boundaries – about ½ – ¾ miles from the boundary as you would fly a traffic pattern. The entry into the maneuver should be accomplished downwind as you would enter the traffic pattern where groundspeed will be the greatest.
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