Originally Posted by
scifi
Hi ATC Watcher, sorry for the slow reply, but I have been busy recently. You said.. ''As to PPL instructons well the crew here were no PPLs,''
This is not true.. All pilots either military or commercial start off with the PPL syllabus, and one of the first recommendations is to limit the AoB whilst in the circuit.
As for the position of the crash, I have only been able to find one reference to this, and it puts the location just a few yards short of the centre-line.
PPL or CPL is not an issue. Pilots flying passengers are expected to know visual circuit procedures. Upto 30° bank can be used even in jet like A320. In a circle to land you should be on approach path vertically and laterally before 300ft. From then on nothing more than 5°to 7° to maintain the RW centre line.