In article .com,
"Sport Pilot" wrote:


Noting you can do about requested extended downwind leg.

It depends on how extended, of course, but I will often add power and
climb on an extended downwind. (If you extend your downwind for rwy 16
at VNY long enough without climbing you'll end up landing on the 405.)
Also, you've got a lot better glide performance before you start to add
flaps. So downwind doesn't worry me nearly as much as final. If you're
on a glide path at 1.3 VS (which is usually pretty close to best glide
already) and you need power to maintain it, then if you lose that power
it seems to me that you're pretty much hosed.

rg