Undertheweather - I'm with you on this one. I did half my PPL training in Canada and after about 4 hrs trg, my instructor would chop the throttle on me if he thought I was flying wide circuits and make me prove whether I could hit tarmac! Soon got me out of the habit of flying wide circuits! Got back to UK and was instantly slapped around the head for flying tight circuits (at Bournemouth!0 - these are nothing like as wide as Perth fly them!!
I always feel more comfortable if I feel I can land inside the airfield boundary after an in-circuit power failure - I currently fly a Fuji which glides like a brick - maybe I should never fly outside the airfield boundary
