Tight patterns?

lardsoup wrote:

What type of air speeds are you talking about? You doing 60kts, they're
doing 100kts? You land and blow a tire, they have to go around? You still
haven't explained how it is safe to cut someone off in the pattern, just
because you don't like the way they are flying?

It's not cutting anybody off, poor choice of words. I will not follow
you simply because the first time I came into the pattern I got behind
you. Now if there are others in the pattern I may have to follow you,
but if it's just the two of us or the others are no factor I ain't going
out to a two mile final simply because you do. Airspeed? In a normal
situation I slow to 80 mph IAS by the time I get to midfield downwind.
If anybody lands and blows a tire the rest of the people go around.
What's the point?



"Newps" wrote in message
news:ZwGNb.63554$5V2.70987@attbi_s53...

He's flying to a 2 mile final, I learned that the first time I had to
follow him, won't happen again. I'm on downwind behind him. Abeam the
numbers or there abouts I turn base. When he eventually gets on final
I'm already turning crosswind.

lardsoup wrote:


You're kidding, right? How is cutting someone off in the pattern,

because

you don't like the way they're flying, safe?



"Newps" wrote. I wouldn't hesitate to
cut somebody off if they flew a huge pattern.