Circuit patterns are off thread, but where we are we don't use any particular land marks to define the pattern, more the ability to land with an engine failure from the downwind leg onwards. When joining crosswind, turning downwind is the classic "extended centre line passing by the tailplane" which also fits in nicely with the glide performance on our 152's.
Having flown the same pattern in a Tecnam P2002 - that just didn't want to come down - I can see how fitting into the "training" pattern could be difficult if your glide performance is considerably better than a 152.
Alluding that the Cirrus may become the V tail Bonanza of today really came from speculation about speedier types and everything happening so much faster. I wouldn't be happy climbing into our Arrow now, after a six month gap, and would probably want a bit of solo time just to get the feel again before I took up any GV's. Sigh, oh to be able to do 130kts again......
