If parallel operations are in place (i.e., airplanes on the hard surface, powered parachutes on the grass), fly a pattern that stays within the pattern of the airplane traffic and does not cross the airplanes’ active runway. In all cases, the powered parachute should not make any turns until the pilot is certain it will not obstruct any aircraft operating in either pattern.

The crosswind leg is the part of the rectangular pattern that is horizontally perpendicular to the extended centerline of the takeoff runway and is entered by making approximately a 90° turn from the upwind leg. On the crosswind leg, the powered parachute proceeds to the downwind leg position.

Since takeoffs are usually made into the wind, the wind will now be approximately perpendicular to the powered parachute’s flightpath. As a result, the powered parachute will have to be turned or headed slightly into the wind while on the crosswind leg to maintain a ground track that is perpendicular to the runway centerline extension.