[NSRCA-discussion] Landing zone

[Joe Walker]

Yes Georgie, it is huge.  I'm tuned into this because I dished out a Zero on
landing at the nats because I thought he touched down outside the "Zone".
Then I asked for a rule book and discovered the FAI rules were different
that the AMA rules so I retracted my zero.

 

But you see, this is why we are getting the BPA rolling again - slick
take-offs and landings should be an art form. trike retracts and lift
off/touch down dead center.  Who said pattern guys can't land!  LOL

 

Joe W.

 

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kennie
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Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Landing zone

 

It's a miracle that I'm not more confused than I am what with the many
disparities between the AMA protocols and the FAI stuff. Just when you think
you are sure of a specific rule, you discover that someone is raising a
question based on a different genre. At Joe Walker's reference I decided to
see if I could find the landing zone specs and realizing the original
question came from Jay I dug out my FAI stuff. Took me a few hours, but it's
in there and the jist of it is..........." if you're flying on a runway
that's less than 30 meters wide, the landing zone will be determined by a
circle of 30 meters diameter. If the runway is greater than 30 meters wide,
then the landing zone will be determined by two lines 100 meters apart."  I
am assuming that this should imply 50 meters either side of center. That's
164 feet on each side of center guys. I've always heard it rumored that
"pattern flyers can't land". Could this be International confirmation of the
rumor?

It appears, to me, that the International stringency requirements suddenly
become extremely lenient in this area or am I missing something?

Georgie

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