Great view points and great suggestions. Thanks, they are all well taken. On a similiar toppic. When you are flying in a pattern, does the pattern meen you fly over the runway, up high, and the down wind leg is away from the runway.
I'm not sure how to describe it. Picture an oval track in the sky. Is the front straight-a-way over the runway? I'm not sure what the "accepted" pattern would be. I'm sure it varys by club. Just looking for what your club/field has adopted.