If I'd been behind the Eurostar I might have slipped in ahead of him when I saw him Disappearing into the downwind distance. I have to pay for my fuel
Ah, I see.
...stay a proper distance behind a slower aircraft. I'm sure (and know) you can do it in a 172.
I don't think Mac meant that he wasn't
able to do that, PA, just that he didn't want to.
MJ