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Old August 11th 15, 03:41 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dan Marotta
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Default The 11 best things at the 2015 15m/Std Class Nationals at HarrisHill

Mandating a finish altitude does not keep a glider in the air. Mistakes
and mis-judgements happen and there will be penalties and land outs, but
the glider will come down when it's time.

On 8/11/2015 5:13 AM, Bob Pasker wrote:
I've never flown a contest, but I have a question about people coming up short. If that seems to be a problem, why isn't there an altitude floor for the finish line? --bob


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