Yeah, I have to agree. I was taught the "downwind - base - final" method of making approaches and landings.

There are all sorts of tips folks give and use to get landings in. The two basic ones that I use and as taught to me are.. one I already mentioned about pointing the aircraft right at you after the turn to final. The other one was that if you can see the bottom of the aircraft, you are not coming in steep enough, ie. you should not see the bottom of the wing in landing. However, don't take that to the extreme... if all you can see is the top of the wing, well, you are defiintely TO steep.. [:@] Then again, you will only see the top of the wing for a few seconds.

CGr