Originally Posted by aterp
The sensible answer is to circle in such circumstances only at an airport and to a runway where you have current and good local knowledge. Otherwise, you are asking for an accident.
- Concur- an 'incident' I recall many years back at RAF Leuchars in Scotland where a visiting Canberra flew a left-hand night
visual circuit on R09, mantaining a direct, clear line of sight to the threshold, and actually
rubbed his wingtip tank on the side of Lucklaw Hill (fortunately the side sloping towards the runway.......) half way around finals.................................
