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HoldSmart by NYCPLANEGUY

Know your hold entry in seconds.

Lay HoldSmart over the HSI, read the sector, know the entry. Direct, teardrop or parallel before ATC finishes reading the clearance.

  • Built around the G1000 HSI
  • Left and right turns
  • $10 intro price
Order HoldSmart $15 $10 How it works
The HoldSmart card with its Direct, Teardrop and Parallel sectors
HoldSmart on a pilot kneeboard next to a pencil and a sectional chart

Training aid / holding entries

HoldSmart

The holding pattern entry card for pilots in training. Stop sketching entries on your kneeboard. Read them off the HSI.

$10 $15Intro price
  • Two sides: one for right turns, one for left turns
  • Direct, teardrop and parallel sectors cut right into the card
  • Center it on the miniature airplane and read your entry
  • Flat card that lives in your kneeboard or flight bag
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Secure checkout. Coming soon to Amazon. HoldSmart is a training aid for practice and checkride prep, not a navigation instrument.

Four steps. Zero guesswork.

Practice with HoldSmart until the entries become second nature. Then recognize them without it.

  1. Get established

    Set yourself up on a direct course to the holding fix.

  2. Pick your side

    Use the side of HoldSmart that matches the turns in your clearance: left or right.

  3. Center it

    Line the center of HoldSmart up with the miniature airplane on the HSI.

  4. Read the entry

    Find the outbound heading on the compass rose. The sector it lands in is your entry.

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    $30

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    11 oz ceramic, navy inside, coin logo on the side. Coffee before the run-up.

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