"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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Kyle has it exactly right. Reverse roll simply meant the pitch out was
away from the intended downwind low off the initial; a 270 degree point 3
roll stopping the third point with hard top rudder and a transition to
back pressure onto the downwind.

A "tactical pitch out" as opposed to a normal pitch out off the initial
puts the airplane coming in low off the deck at a much higher airspeed at
the pitch point than the normal pitch out, which is performed near pattern
speed at the downwind altitude. The tactical pitch out is a fan break off
the deck pulling up and into the downwind.

Both approaches use the break and pull into drag rise to slow the aircraft
to dirty configuration airspeed.

Okay. Well, I'd be lying if I said I could -fully- visualize it just yet,
and my wife is going to want to know why I'm playing with a toy plane all of
a sudden (a Revell Spitfire MkIX will have to substitute for a Mustang) when
I have more time to try to figure it out tonight, but I think I get the
idea.

Thanks to both of you for replying.

-Chris