Originally Posted by
ShyTorque
An instructor I flew with at Ipswich in my pre-PPL days asked me to do a PFL over the airfield, in a C152. On finals he asked me if I was sure of making the runway. I said I was. He reached over, switched off the mags and put the key in the top pocket of his jacket.
When I was doing my instructor rating, the same happened to me, downwind at White Waltham, in a PA28-160. Way too high on finals, I learnt just how accurately one could control one's flightpath using the passenger door as an impromptu air break. Happy days.