Originally Posted by
A37575
Thus selecting landing flap before turning base on a visual approach as a reason to be stable before being established on final, is not valid. It certainly can cause a problem for following traffic.
In the original :
contained the following advice on flying a normal visual circuit pattern
This is why you can learn how to fly from a book but you can't learn how to be a pilot from a book.
Obviously at some point doing some "pilot stuff" is required.....such as adapting to conditions...like other traffic..
