I finally got to try a line finish in a contest at Hobbs last year. In
my opinion it is the safest option available.

Luke

The danger of inference from one data point. Click. Well, Russian Roulette must be safe.

As Dave said, one of our most safety minded pilots landed on a city street two miles out. A lot of the rest of us had no fun at all on a long wave suppressed liftless final glide -- and the huge incentive to squeak it in on the last day of a national. Take a look down sometime while you glide in to Hobbs at Mc 0 + 50 feet, and remember the crashes that have happened there.

John Cochrane