As I recall (it's been a long time), my Commercial check ride required
me to stop short of the fence, not within a few feet beyond. It was
barbed wire, BTW, and I was not very happy with being put in that spot.
The examiner was an FAA guy and had not done a glider check ride in a
long time and probably never in such a high performance ship as a Twin
Lark. Why not add training value to the spot landing contest by
assessing a 100% penalty for passing the mark?

On several trips to Roach Dry Lake south of Jean, NV, they have a circle
outlined on the lake bed within which to stop. It was a lot of fun to
shoot for the center of the circle. The 1-26 and 2-33 usually won but I
did manage to stop in the circle a couple of times in my LAK!


On 12/19/2014 10:51 AM, John Carlyle wrote:
Wouldn't that be a "spot stopping contest" rather than a "spot landing contest, Dan?

-John, Q3


On Friday, December 19, 2014 11:14:33 AM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
I always thought the target was a brick wall at the end of the landing zone. The penalty for crossing it would be heavy!

Dan Marotta

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Dan Marotta