Thanks for all of your responses - I appreciate them.
For those that thought that I was wrong in the pattern that I flew, I
should mention that for the sake of brevity I didn't post every detail.
My pattern was correct. As I mentioned in my previous post we had a
tower for this event, and due to a gyrocopter aerial display that
coincided with my (and several others) arrival I was asked to enter from
a different angle than the usual (in Canada) 90 degrees to midfield (yes
I am aware that it is 45 degrees in the US, but this is Canada). So I
was asked to join an upwind, prior to turning to cross midfield to join
downwind. But none of that is the point of my question, which has now
been resolved.

Earlier this week I attended the funeral of Vern Hupp. Vern was a friend
of mine, and he was killed last week when his 1944 Harvard (Texan 6A in
the US) Crashed and burned shortly after takeoff from Oroville
Washington.
This was my third funeral this year, and it had a far bigger impact on
me than I expected it to have. The lady that I wrote about also moved in
this circle, so after the funeral I asked about how to contact her and
then I went to see her.
And here is what I told her -
I told her that I had just come from my friends funeral, and that he
died in a plane crash (she knew about the crash)
And I told her that in my own opinion, she had endangered several
people, including me, the previous week,
And I told her that I honestly considered her to be an accident waiting
to happen,
And I told her that I was here to talk to her about that, because I
would not stand by and watch her kill herself, and possibly several
others.

And she was relieved. Isn't that great?
She thanked me,
She acknowledged that she shared the same concerns that I did,
And she agreed that her next ride would be a checkride with a CFI.

and I discovered a couple of other things.
She was 75 years old - I didn't know that.
She was a lowtime pilot, who obtained her licence 2 years ago, then
didn't fly for 2 years, then bought a plane.
She had only owned the plane for 3 weeks - she was a frightened new
pilot.

I liked her, and we formed a good relationship, and she was relieved
when I- right then - booked her a 2 hour check flight. And she readily
agreed that she would follow whatever advice resulted from the
checkflight.

So - To those who told me I was intefereing and to stay out of it - I'm
sorry but you were dead wrong - she was desperately looking for someone
to save her from herself and that is what I did.

for those who told me to report her, I believe that you were absolutely
right, although in thee final analysis I didn't - through tragic
circumstances I found another way to reach the same goal.

Either way, I thank all 49 of you for your comments - I respect them
all, even though I don't agree with them all.

Thanks

Tony

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Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Almost Instrument
Cessna 172H C-GICE