AVIATION GLOSSARY - Cessna Flight Training

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AVIATION GLOSSARY 5 Downwind leg - A flight path parallel to the landing runway in the direction opposite to landing. The downwind leg normally extends between the crosswind leg and the base leg. DR – See Dead Reckoning. Drag – An aerodynamic force acting in the same plane as the relative wind striking an airfoil but in the opposite direction.

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