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bank necessary at the turning points. Also, the pilot should be able to see the edges of the selected field while seated in a normal position and looking out the side of the powered parachute during either a left- hand or right-hand course. The distance of the ground track from the edges of the field should be the same regardless of whether the course is flown to the left or right. All turns should be started when the powered parachute is abeam the corner of the field boundaries headed downwind where ground reference maneuvers are typically started. These should be the determining factors in establishing the distance from the boundar- ies for performing the maneuver. 

Although the rectangular course may be entered from any direction, this discussion assumes entry on a downwind. 

On the downwind leg, the wind is a tailwind and re- sults in an increased groundspeed. Consequently, the turn onto the next leg is entered with a fairly fast rate of turn and a higher (medium) bank. As the turn pro- 

gresses, the bank angle is reduced gradually because the tailwind component is diminishing, resulting in a decreasing groundspeed. During and after the turn onto this leg (the equivalent of the base leg in a traffic pattern), the wind will tend to drift the powered para- chute away from the field boundary. To compensate for the drift, the amount of turn will be more than 90°. 

The rollout from this turn must be such that as the wing becomes level, the powered parachute is turned slightly toward the field and into the wind to correct for drift. The powered parachute should again be the same distance from the field boundary and at the same altitude, as on other legs. The base leg should be continued until the upwind leg boundary is being ap- proached. Once more the pilot should anticipate drift and turning radius. Since drift correction was held on the base leg, it is necessary to turn less than 90° to align the powered parachute parallel to the upwind leg boundary. This turn should be started with a medium bank angle with a gradual reduction to a shallow bank 

