Memorize Holding Pattern Entries for Good

Holding pattern entries are essential to safe IFR flight, and must be practiced often, but do you always remember how? Watch Martha take the stress out of your patterns.

Chapters:
0:00 What "Recommended" Means
1:38 How to Determine Which Entry to Use
5:37 Direct Entry
6:25 Parallel Entry
7:11 Teardrop Entry
8:14 Example Scenario

[jamesnelson]

For all those asking how to do this while flying, remember, this is an excerpt from their ground school course. It teaches the concept of holding pattern entries in a manner appropriate to understanding them and how to determine the appropriate entry while sitting in a testing center taking a written test. Once the concept is understood, there are easy, quick methods for determining proper entries using the instruments in the cockpit while in flight that don't involve drawing. With practice, those techniques become second nature in flight, but are difficult to use without the instruments in front of you: thus, drawing the hold for the written exam.

[stevef]

Martha is a legend. She makes all of this understandable.

[sehmusakbas]

This is the third video that i've watched on the subject and after thinking "is this grandma gonna teach me after not understanding those captains?" i got a hold of the holding patterns.

Thank you so much for the video!

[stuartw]

20 years ago your wonderful book helped me through my FAA IR. Now my 19 year old daughter is an avidly keen student of your videos. Congratulations and thank you!

[ZonsoAvalune]

EXTREMELY based video. This is the best way I've heard it explained.

[stuartw]

20 years ago you books helped through my FAA IR course. Now my 19 year old daughter is inspired by your wonderful videos. Thank you so much!

[GeorgeRon]

Wow, takes a little bit of getting used to. I'm self-teaching holding patterns at the moment, glad I found this video right away as a start.

[theconcorden]

I've been watching John and Martha's videos since I started my Private Pilot Cert in 1997 and I love them! They are so knowledgeable, funny and easy going. I wish I could meet them one day!

[Mcphaterson]

John and Martha = the OGs of aviation education!

[keithdmello]

Excellent! I remember watching King schools back in the day.

[thatweldingguy]

Such a difficult time remembering this. This explanation is absolutely spot on. I fully grasp and understand hold entries now. I feel guilty I learned this on YouTube. Thank you so much!!!

[paulmoore]

This wonderful lady finally made me understand holding pattern entries! Thank you !

[pfsantos]

Here cuz of FS2004. Practicing pattern entries in the lessons. Love you guys.

[petervad]

I have no idea why Youtube suggested this video to me; I know nothing about flying. But I found it fascinating and was glued to the end!

[patrickwilliams]

Miss your a champion, please do not stop uploading! I love all your videos.

[joelmulder]

This was difficult, until I saw it explained here visually.
When you did the example with the victor airway, I worked it out and got it correct before you worked through it on my first try. When something just clicks like that, it’s the best feeling in the world!
Fantastic explanation of how to do this on paper, thank you!

[Biggles]

I wish I had known this 30 years ago doing my CAA Instrument Rating As Martha makes it so simple ! I think this Special Lady is (or was John I think) the Wife of a Great Instructor who made loads of videos FAA based and turned complicated crosswind landings into a "Sport" without all the BS in the Books. I bought every tape back then from the USA and even my CAA Examiner said my Performance in the air was drastically improved from average simply by watching the videos religiously !

[Dogface]

Martha helped get me a PPL with instrument rating. You a real one for that Martha!

[ttmich]

I have watched many training videos and Kings is the best. She is clearly an excellent instructor: speak clearly, easy to understand and make it easy to remember. My school requires me to study the videos posted on Youtube and I dislike them so much: the instructors are very much reading out from the text book at the normal speaking speeds. The instructor also gave the VOR Holding instruction like the ATC, but at much faster speed that I usually hear the real ATC giving instructions. In studying from the reading materials, you need to read slowly the IFR lessons, or any technical lessons, highlight sentences and digesting the ideas. Teaching IFR by reading out the writing materials for students is a bad teaching method. Stick with the Kings training because they are the best. I got the DVD training from them!

[flyfun]

I learned how to fly with you and your team in 2003. and I still watch your videos to this day.