For airfields with a 1000' aal circuit, are you guys doing the same thing, but therefore losing 500' on base leg? Does that mean you fly a larger circuit pattern as a result?
We've discussed it on here before, but personally I think learning to fly would be a lot easier if all circuits were close in, racetrack pattern at 500 feet max. These 1000 foot square circuits are actually really difficult to fly, at least partly because they're taught by the numbers -- turn final at 'x' height etc. It just complicates things.
QDM