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Normal Procedure

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Following ATC Directives

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Normal Procedure

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Normal Procedure

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Normal Procedure

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Why Request Vectors for Visual?

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Why Request Vectors for Visual?

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Why Request Vectors for Visual?

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 =Normal Procedure=
-#Enter the pattern by requesting ATC Vectors for Visual Approach, or by letting your flight lead do it for you.
+#Enter the ATC Queue by having flight lead request ATC Vectors for Visual Approach.
 #Follow ATC directives.
-#Report "on final" to tower when on final.
+#Report "on final" to ATC Tower when on final.
 #Land.
-==Entering the Pattern==
+==Entering the ATC Queue==
 #Flights shall arrive within 30nm of the Destination Airbase to be in range of ATC Approach airspace.

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	If a pilot misses the directive, he may issue a "Say again" request to ATC Approach.		If a pilot misses the directive, he may issue a "Say again" request to ATC Approach.
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		+	'''Note:''' ''Usually the factor that many new pilots fail to take into account is speed. This is a common cause for flights being kicked out of the ATC Queue.It will be obvious in the debrief when TacView shows one flight overtaking another flight.''

	==Orbiting==		==Orbiting==

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 #When the pattern is busy, vectoring can consume more fuel.
-#This style of approach takes longer than others.
+#This style of approach can take longer than some others.
 #There is a chance of being kicked out of the queue and being made to wait even longer.
 #This approach requires visual landing conditions.
 |}
 =Normal Procedure=
-#Enter the pattern.
+#Enter the pattern by requesting ATC Vectors for Visual Approach, or by letting your flight lead do it for you.
 #Follow ATC directives.
 #Land.

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 |}
-==Normal Procedure==
+=Normal Procedure=
-# Enter the pattern.
+#Enter the pattern.
-# Follow ATC directives.
+#Follow ATC directives.
-# Land.
+#Land.
 ==Entering the Pattern==

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 =Learning objectives=
 [[File:ATCVisualArrangement.PNG|alt=ATC Visual Base Pattern Layout|thumb|right|ATC's view of an airbase.]]
 #Know how to enter the pattern for a Visual Approach
 #Understand the directions of ATC
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 ==Normal Procedure==
-Flights should enter the pattern, follow ATC directives, and land safely. This is the ideal circumstance. Flying in close proximity with many aircraft, however, is rather dangerous if protocol is not kept.
 ==Entering the Pattern==
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 '''Note:''' ''It is important that all pilots in the flight are tuned to the appropriate frequency prior to requesting vectors. They will not hear ATC giving them vectors if they are not on the correct frequency.''
-==Following Pattern Directions==
+==Following ATC Directives==
 [[File:ATC_VisualVectors_50.gif|alt=One Flight Visual Approach|frame|right|One flight successfully performs the approach.]]
 ATC will vector each member of the flight individually. The radio chatter on the ATC Approach frequency can get busy rather quickly. If an airbase has 4 full flights returning, that is 16 different aircraft that ATC is vectoring concurrently. Each pilot must listen carefully for his callsign to be called. It is imperative that each member of the flight follow every directive as quickly and as safely as possible to avoid a collision.

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 =Why Request Vectors for Visual?=
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 !Cons
 |-
-|style="width:50%"|
+| style="width:50%" |
-#ATC can manage large numbers of both human and AI traffic at the same airbase.
+#Both human and AI flights are processed and accounted for.
 #Pilots are processed in an orderly fashion. Everyone is guaranteed a slot to land eventually.
-#Entire flights are handled in the same fashion. (With other approaches, humans and AI are treated as separate entities, often resulting in different approaches being flown to the same airbase.)
+#Entire flights are handled in the same fashion. (With some other approaches, humans and AI within the same flight end up flying different approaches to the same airbase.)
 #Having a single authority manage air traffic should result in safer conditions.
-|style="width:50%"|
+#Data Link, which is less effective in 4.34, is not relied upon.
 #When the pattern is busy, vectoring can consume more fuel.
 #This style of approach takes longer than others.
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 |}
-==Pros==
+==Normal Procedure==
 Flights should enter the pattern, follow ATC directives, and land safely. This is the ideal circumstance. Flying in close proximity with many aircraft, however, is rather dangerous if protocol is not kept.