Originally Posted by
Maoraigh1
I lost sight of my best choice while flying a circuit in a C172, and had to go for a poorer field.
In the days of Capt Varley training instructors at Blackbushe, I was asked to fly with a guy as part of his 10 hours 'right hand seat pilot in charge.'
We went to Denham where I didn't particularly agree with the way he carried out his approach, then on the way back to Blackbushe he decided to do a PFL.
He pulled the throttle, indicated which field he was choosing, then
turned away from it thereby losing sight of it and ended up badly positioned.
Needless to say I never flew with him again.
When I next encountered him he was CFI at Fairoaks Flight Centre (pre Synergy days).