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Old 24th April 2009 | 11:20
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PilotPieces
 
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From: Surrey UK/Quebec CA
Can someone clear up the matter concerning failing for not going into your chosen field?

I was practising PFL's recently and I thought that the whole idea is to make sure that you get that plane down safely. PRIORITY.

Now, when practising, part of the selection process is a suitable field that has an undershoot, and overshoot and even better big enough to land directly into wind. So on a skills test, I come in a little too high and adjust for my overshoot field...does that mean a fail?

Obivoulsy taking into account that you do not always have the pleasure of overshoots and undershoots but I cant understand why adjusting your choice for something more suitable as the excercise progresses is a bad thing.

So can anyone clear this up as we currently seem to have conflicting views on the matter.
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