Bill Gawthrop "F8" Accident - Sun 07/13/2014 - His Status

On 2014-07-31 14:31:59 +0000, JJ Sinclair said:

3. Cliff at approach end to runway 20 that has claimed 5 (and counting).

I just looked at a map.

That runway is 4500 ft long! I can't see any reason why you'd go
downwind of the cliff if conditions were at all dodgy. Well, certainly
not more than a 1:1 glide from it. There is absolutely zero chance of
damage from overshooting and landing long.

I appreciate that the gliding facilities are at the near end of the
runway, so you'd like to land reasonably short, but even if you aim to
touch down somewhere on the 1000 ft markers like the big boys do, a
glider should be able to take the (apparent) high speed exit 100m later
with ease.