Bruce Hoult wrote:

And why earth would you want to know that when you were in the circuit?
You are surely not going to go *that* far downwind that you need best
L/D into wind in order to get back.

Apparently this is a significant cause of crashes (undershot
landing from overshot downwind).

On another subject, can someone describe the
45/V type approach that I've heard is used in
some countries? Is it like this?

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Mark J. Boyd