Thanks for the Video. I like to see smart, safe VFR approaches like this. I'm a retired commercial pilot, and when you're flying single engine VFR, and got plenty of runway length, it's always safest to approach high (if able), and then bleed off the extra altitude once you for sure got the runway made... so if you're only engine were to quit on downwind, base, or short final... there's no problem still making a safe landing. My 1st instructor back in 1976 taught me that, and I never forgot it. NTSB crash reports are littered each year with single engine aircraft coming in to land at an airport with plenty of runway, but the pilot chooses to try and touch down on or before "the numbers" to show off or to try and make a particular turn-off taxiway, only to unfortunately have the engine quit, or loses power, and they crash short of the runway. It can really ruin your day to say the least. CAVU Flying and Tailwinds Enroute !!
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