On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 4:54:30 AM UTC-8, John Godfrey (QT) wrote:
On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 7:18:47 AM UTC-5, John Carlyle wrote:

The insidious part is what you perceive in your peripheral vision unconsciously.

True. Peripheral vision is terrible at detail but very good at picking up angular motion.

Plus, last time I checked I was looking pretty close to down the wing as I initiated the turn from base to final. Aren't you supposed to look at the runway, not straight ahead into the countryside, on base leg? Once you're established on final there's not much turning anyway.

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