Edward Lockhart wrote:
On the other hand, your finish point can be whatever
you want so if you cross the startline at 5000', crossing
the finishline at 1800'+ won't incur any penalties.

I don't think that's right. The rules take the height of your landing
point as the finish height. That makes the maximum penalty-free start
height is the surface height at your destination + 1000 m. You don't
need to put a notch on the trace for distance legs - only for height gain.

I did my Gold/Diamond Goal as a closed circuit and made damn sure I
crossed the start line at less than 3200 AGL. I did it off a 1400 ft AGL
winch launch, climbed to cloud base at nearly 4000 and then shed height
to about 3000 AGL to make the start.

HTH


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