In article ,
"Roger Long" om
wrote:

A good rule for the original poster to drill in his head:

If you overshoot the turn to final, take your eyes off the runway, look at
the instruments, nail the 20 degree bank angle, keep the ball centered, and
stabilize the airspeed at the proper number for the plane. Just hold that
until you are almost on the extension line and then turn on to final.
You'll be amazed in most cases how much room there is left to the threshold.
Focusing on the aircraft attitude instead of being late in the turn will
help avoid getting slow and when you overshoot.

While I agree with your intent that you shouldn't tighten the turn
trying to lineup, you should be able to fly a safe, coordinated turn
without "take your eyes off the runway, look at the instruments". On
the base to final turn is not the time to have your head in the cockpit.

--
Dale L. Falk

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing around with airplanes.

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