Dan,

Would you do a circling approach if you were going into a difficult strip, too? Say, a narrow cornfield surrounded by trees. I ask because the Navy pilots I know who fly gliders have reverted to the non-circling approach.

-John, Q3

On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 12:59:10 PM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
I fly my pattern just like Kirk, though a little higher and faster at the
start. I begin my descending final turn when abeam the touchdown point and
roll out on final at about 200 ft and over the numbers. I do this both in
my LAK and in the tow planes.

I did it this way in the Air Force and when I flew a King Air for
FlightSafety. The only exception was in the B-727. Gotta be gentle for the
pax.