Table 1. Summary of the number of tracked flights in each category of experience that display ‘Turn Back and Look’ (TBL) behaviour or arcing.
Experience group | Trip no | Visual: TBL/arcs (n) | Radar: arcs @start (n) | Radar: arcs @end (n) | Arcs @Both (n) | No. loops Median (range) |
1 | 1st | 17 (18) | 16 (18) | 9 (14) | 9 (14) | 3 (0–6) |
2 | 2nd & 3rd | 5 (9) | 4 (9) | 2 (6) | 1 (6) | 2 (1–4) |
3 | > 6th | 1 (11) | 0 (11) | 0 (8) | 0 (8) | 1 (1–3) |
Visual = arcs recorded by observer at start of flight. Radar = arcs recorded at the start and end of the flight from the track. Number of tracks (n) vary because arcing at the beginning was identified in all tracks (N = 38) and arcing at the end for just complete tracks (N = 28).