Any thoughts on the use of an oval pattern for part of the circuit? I was taught (and it looks like I will teach)
- climb ahead to 500'
- 15 AoB
- Climbing turn to downwind at 1000'
These are the main points, we do use features to check progress through the turn and change AoB as required for spacing. The downwind, base and final are a square pattern. Spacing is most definitely gliding range (in PA28's)