Awful, isn't it? I really don't know why, but a lot of Barton pilots (not just students) fly these X-country circuits. If it's safe, turn well inside them.
I've refuelled, cleaned the aeroplane and put it away, had a brew in the clubhouse, and been about to drive home before some of them eventually come whizzing over the fence, hot and high, to a perfect 3-pointer (in a trike!!), then screech to halt near the far numbers by standing on the brakes.
Makes ya weep.....
SSD
PS
Richard Bach, in his wonderful book 'A Gift Of Wings', recommends an effective instructional technique for x-country circuit flyers - chop the power on them. As they see the houses getting bigger (and at 800 feet, they were already quite big) and the field receding out of sight as they descend, they might realise that had they flown a sensible cicuit, they could have put it onto the field instead of into Joe Soap's house roof.
Last edited by Shaggy Sheep Driver; 14th September 2003 at 06:08.