RE: Downwind turn Myth
For you doubters with full scale experience, try this experiment:
Get an instructor and a Cessna 150 and go flying on a steady 20kt. windy day. (Approximate substitutions allowed.)
Climb up to a safe altitude and put on a hood.
Crank it over into a 60 degree bank at 70 kt. and hold everything nice and stable.
As long as you keep the hood on, you will neither feel nor sense anything other than a steady 2g force on your butt.