Another similar one posted on Twitter - location unknown.
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/300404237617637781/
Serbia, December 29, 2011
Mick West said: ↑
Another similar one posted on Twitter - location unknown.
It shows the plane circling anticlockwise (banking left), whereas the planes on hold usually circle clockwise (banking right). Apologies to the pilots here if I mixed up the terminology. Also, please correct me, if I'm wrong in assuming that the circling directions are the same at all civilian airports.
Doesn't that depend on which hemisphere you're in?
No, Right-Hand turns are "standard" for holding patterns. However, some instances will have the patterns "published" and be "non-standard" with a Left-Hand racetrack.
Another similar one posted on Twitter - location unknown.
Yes, this link says the picture was taken in Zrenjanin, Serbia at 9:30-10:00 in the morning of December 29, 2011. Google StreetView did not get there, so I could not verify the place. There are no big airports nearby, however. Also, there are more pictures that caught the plane in the act. See, for example, this screenshot:
It shows the plane circling anticlockwise (banking left), whereas the planes on hold usually circle clockwise (banking right). Apologies to the pilots here if I mixed up the terminology. Also, please correct me, if I'm wrong in assuming that the circling directions are the same at all civilian airports.
If you look at the example I provided, as Weedie says, they go either way.