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Eights On Pylons is a ground reference maneuver that utilizes changing altitude in response to a change in groundspeed, allowing you to maintain a constant line-of-sight with two reference points. It’s important not to confuse Eights On Pylons with the Turns Around a Point maneuver where a changing bank angle is used to maintain a constant radius. With this maneuver, a constant bank angle is maintained while the altitude changes based on a starting, calculated pivotal altitude. This pivotal alti