A surprising number of posters responded saying they cut the power on
downwind.
I was assuming this is their normal pattern procedure.
Did I misread, or are people flying patterns much differently than I am?
That is why I asked, How common is this?

It's my normal procedure. I'm always open to suggestion, however. If
someone is landing straight in, I'll add power and extend my downwind.
If there's someone in the pattern behind him, I'll make a power-on
pattern.

I like being close to the airport. I'm never so unhappy as when flying
the 45. I'd much rather fly straight to the airport and then descend
upon the downwind, but it makes the local folks unhappy. "The pattern
is sacred!" one of them told me. (She's a minister on Sundays.)


-- all the best, Dan Ford

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