wrote:
I'll prolly get hollered at if I do that on my BFR this fall but it
strikes me as good practice, especially when flying something bigger
than 18M.

-ted/2NO
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Hello Ted,

Would you still consider this good practice if you were not in the back
seat but in a glider giving way to this fellow while entering the
pattern in a more conventional manner? How would you know which way
his base was going to be flown as he does not make the assessment until
overhead? It makes the burdened glider's task all the more difficult,
since this guy would have right of way under the altitude rule.

At any time, we pilots are to stuff the inifinite variations into
something that we can all predict. Flying a standard traffic pattern
is one way of being predictable--in addition to the requirements of the
federal air regulations. The reasons offered for this type of traffice
pattern have no bearing on the wingspan of the glider.

If we fly together for your flight review, please do not do something
like this. Thanks.

Terry Claussen
CFIG Estrella