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Truly here. It's just habit probably because I am a glider pilot. Fact
is, when there's traffic, I follow it and otherwise conform. But most of my landings (e.g. home 'port) are without such traffic. I generally just can't bring myself to consciously fly out of range after I'm in range of a safe surface. When the wind is up, I probably slip out of range anyway. YMMV. I fly a simple a/c with simple needs. Larry Dighera wrote: On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:41:39 GMT, "Neil Gould" wrote in :: As I was taught, the point of flying safely is to always have a viable option. So, I fly tight patterns and make power-off landings as a rule. If I make it to the pattern, I can make it to a runway, engine or no. Truly? So when you're #5 in the pattern (which necessitates a looooong, extended downwind leg) you just fly the pattern at 2,000' then? |
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