Okay yeah this might be a stupid question. For a holding pattern you start your outbound leg time when you are over or abeam the fix, right? (or wings level if you can't blah blah blah) I've looked in all the books i have and they all say this. My question: how do i know i'm abeam the fix? Do i rotate the obs 90 degrees and then look for a straight up and down needle indication? Or maybe the ambiguity indicator switches? Why do the books gloss over this point it seems pretty important since the entire holding pattern is based around this location?
Much thanks in advance to all.
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