On Friday, August 3, 2018 at 10:32:12 AM UTC-4, MNLou wrote:
Curious as to why the CD is calling line finishes. Especially really low like today?

Thanks!

Lou

Because good fun in skilled hands.

50' isn't "really low".

True story: I got chewed out at a regional contest for finishing too high. We had a line finish, offset from the runway, no minimum altitude. The local commercial operation was flying rides while competitors were on course. It was official practice, so no reason to push real hard... and the last 10 miles of this particular final glide is totally unlandable (unless you consider trees or lakes landable), I finished at 500' and found myself head to head with a towplane on downwind. When I expressed concern about this at the safety meeting, I was told by the CD in no uncertain terms that I was the one that was out of line. Much has changed in 20 years.

T8