No – its not for noise abatement specifically. It certainly is not at Le Touquet as it makes the noise problem worse by directing low level traffic over the town. Its just that France has decided to make the more general circle to land more formal, and hopefully to improve safety.
Flyer59 wrote:
Of the non IR rated pilots I know 90 percent would not know which way to hold that chart, that’s the reality.
Obviously you need to interpret the chart correctly, but I was thinking about actually flying the pattern by pilotage.
