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Old 13th Sep 2007, 23:12
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Ovation
 
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I fully understand on a straight-in approach I should give way to an aircraft landing off a normal circuit, however at some point on final that has to change to the aircraft that was #1 to land.

Can anyone elaborate just when that point occurs? After the straight in aircraft is 500' AGL and 1.5 M?

This idiot who cut in front of me did not position his aircraft at the normal base position of 45 degrees from the threshold, nor did he announce that his base turn was "early" commencing before abeam the threshold.

No real danger because we saw it all happen, but seriously poor airmanship IMHO (and bad manners).
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