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Extend downwind

When I flew yesterday, the winds changed on me suddenly and the stiff crosswind was not indicated in the ATIS. I wizened up today and was very careful to notice the windsocks (0:41) at midfield and one end of 25R. Winds were reported from 290 at 4kts and that matched the windsock indication.

The airport was really busy today. You can see the number of aircrafts waiting in the run up area and holding short at (3:34) in the video. I did two patterns today and on both I was asked to extend my downwind leg and tower called my base turn. On the second pattern, tower asked me to come to a full stop because it was so busy. I pulled up near the old fuel station and watched for any signs that the traffic was going to subside. After a while, I decided to call it quits for the day.

At the start of my pattern work, another aircraft asked for flight following (0:00). The track log for today’s flight can be found here.