Originally Posted by
punkalouver
Best thing for the 150 would have been to extend the downwind leg. If already on base leg, one could decide to fly through final approach(especially if there is another aircraft in the pattern/circuit) and get out of the way, even if they have the right of way. Sometimes it is safer to just get out of the way. The 150 did try that but at a point that was too late to avoid a collision.
Very true. Had he realised the potential for conflict then, that would have solved the problem the easy way. I rather had the feeling that the potential for conflict wasn't obvious until the 152 was on base leg. It's that astonishingly high closing sped, which would catch most of us out, I'm sure