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Power Off Landing

     Each contestant will make three landings, provided sufficient time is available. The second and third take-offs, if safety permits, will be from touch and go. Power shall be reduced to idle opposite the spot of intended landing. From this point on, a rectangular pattern shall be flown at normal gliding speed for the airplane in use. The engine may be “cleared” in a normal manner once, while on base leg Proper spacing in the pattern shall be maintained by each contestant. If proper spacing cannot be maintained, the overtaking airplane shall make a go-around and the contestant shall be disqualified unless the judges rule that the failure to maintain spacing was beyond the contestant’s ability. A target line will be marked on the runway, a safe distance from the approach end. A white foul line will be placed 100 feet short of the target tine and another white foul line 200 feet beyond the target line. All landings within the white foul lines will be scored at their actual distance in feet from the target line where both main landing gear touchdown and remain firmly on the ground.

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