Next time I'm in a twin on the downwind leg and I come across a flexwing microlight immediately in front of me...
I think this would qualify as a collision avoidance, Mike.
We also make upwind entries to traffic patterns, often to a midfield crosswind. This puts the whole pattern in your view and avoids crossing over high and descending which has its own portion of hazard.
This is similar to our 'Deadside Join', Sky, but our Overhead Join is very different to yours, in that, rather than descending outside the pattern, on what we would call the 'live side', then joining midfield downwind at 45 degrees, we descend on the 'dead side' and join crosswind like your 'upwind entry'.
One added advantage of this is that it effectively separates the climbing(live side) traffic, from the descending(deade side) traffic.
When I was training, a go around from final was a small step to the right, to keep the runway (and probably the reason you went around) in view out your left side.
That, at least, is just the same here!
MJ
