On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 21:54:37 -0400, Bob Martin wrote:

I do this as an alternative to a
straight-in landing, especially if there is other traffic. As long as
you announce what you're doing there shouldn't be a problem... unless
you consider formation flight or patterns smaller than a mile on a side
to be inherently dangerous.

Or there are aircraft in the pattern without radios. Or aircraft in the pattern
tuned to the wrong frequency. Or IFR aircraft flying an approach contrary to
the current traffic flow and listening to Center....as often happens at the
field Peter was talking about.

"The rules and codes and zones they form
Are not for such as I,
Who like the great wild eagles fling
My challenge to the sky,
A bold free spirit charging fierce
Across the fallow land ...
And don't you like these nice white flowers
I'm holding in my hand?"

-Gil Robb Wilson, "The Last Bouquet"

Ron Wanttaja