BEags.
As we have come to expect/respect, always sound counsel and well- considered ideas but, please, don't be too hard on Waltham !
Your argument regarding high-wing is so true but, as mentioned previously, what has happened to the "quick bank /look-see" school of sound instruction.
Having said that, I still agree that, for ab-initio students, the rectangular circuit is the safest.
WRT Waltham, as proffered by FNG, we suffer almost intolerably from "nimbyism".
Why people can't sue their solicitors for not warning them of the close proximity of an ex-ww2 airfield is beyond me !
When students are not in the circuit or the circuit is not too busy, many of the residents do oval circuits " over the green bits".
We don't like scenic tours anymore than anyone else.
Rgds, Sleeve.
