I got landing clearance once, 'Cessna 1234Z clear to land, short approach,
Hawker traffic five mile final'.
'Unable, continuing downwind'

sure, could have cut the throttle, dropped the flaps and swooped in real
tight, but it really isn't worth the minute or two saved to get bunched up.
Just relax and watch the jet traffic go by.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
news:dtjyf.12314$sq.10452@trnddc01...
Well, they pretty much are required to do that. It's safer to come
straight in
than to try to land using the large pattern they would have to fly. You
sure
can't fly the same pattern in a Citation that I can in a Maule.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong
to
your slightly older self.