>> 500' at 3k approaching over the lake. I have never forgotten that lesson of >> "what are my options""What are my options"
Listen to the voices of inbound comp pilots… there's a whole lot of tension compared with inbound non-comp pilots. I'd guess, very few options are available other than the straight in approach, unless you accept the lake as a good option :-) My point is that if you allow a straight in approach from a low finish height, you have reduced the options to 1. So everything better go OK. If we really want to make the sport safer, then we need to look at where accidents happen and if there's a group which regularly bite, especially ones which have an easy fix, then fix them. As an observer, it appears to me that there are a significant number of accidents and fatalities which happen in competitions on landings. If this isn't so, then fine. If it is the case, then we should find a fix. My suggestion is to require a proper circuit. The same as would be used in 99% of glider operations. D _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
