Some how I missed a post from Antonio P... I am sorry!   :(

The question was: And how did you flied Holding patterns? Using the turning knob, the heading select or by hand? If using turning knob how did you proceeded?

Antonio, most pilots used the heading select. Some would use the turn knob as well. Hand flying in a holding pattern was a pain!  :o

The heading select was the best for me. You could get the orientation from the chart and if you knew the wind you could apply a correction right from the beginning, or take a turn in the pattern and figure the wind drift and then make the correction.

Sorry again for the tardy reply!

Lou  :-[