"dave" wrote in message
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I was wondering the same thing. I own a Citabria and fly a tight
pattern. When I trained in PA28-161's we flew tight patterns. I was
taught to fly a pattern that will allow me to land if I lose the engine
while in the pattern. The students at my home field train in new 172's.
They fly, to my eye, very wide patterns. Maybe it's a newer training
method?


I took my primary training nearly thirty years ago at GRB in a Cessna 150.
Lambeau Field is about 2 1/2 miles from the runway 24 threshold, I don't
recall ever getting near it while in the pattern unless directed to follow
another aircraft. Today it's common for students in similar aircraft to
make their base to final turn over the stadium even when they're alone in
the pattern.