On Monday, February 17, 2014 9:00:24 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Monday, February 17, 2014 8:40:22 AM UTC-5, JJ Sinclair wrote:
The proposed rule change allows a MG to claim an airport bonus without actually overflying the bonus airport. The new rule only requires he show that he had sufficient altitude to glide to the approved airport, at the time of engine start. The airport bonus is given as an incentive to land at a safe airport and not attempt a shaky glide towards the next turn point. Question; What if the engine doesn't start? Not an uncommon occurrence out west where high altitude cold-soaks the engine. If the engine didn't start as the MG overflew the bonus airport, it would be a non event. If the engine fails to start half way down final glide...................? Doesn't the proposed rule change negate the reason for giving an airport bonus in the first place? :) JJ

Nope- The airport bonus is a scoring incentive to encourage pilots to land safely at an airport instead of gliding on to land in a field to get more distance points.
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Hank,you're wrong.g
With current rules it is better to risk to damage glider and land out just 2 miles off field than coming home from same position with only 200 ft extra on final.
You get more points this way(look at last day of club class nat in Mifflin,I made my point to prove it)
keRW