Tere're a lot of things the guys from FAI and IGC still don't understand.
They think themselves being in a position where they don't have to listen to
what is happening in the real world. For the same Silver Badge you also need
a leg of 50km. But you cannot use just 'any' stretch of 50km. It has to be
one on their conditions.
Meantime the majority of european gliderpilots are flying freed distance X
country as their favourite pass time. But still the fossils at FAI and IGC
headquarters pretend such a task is not worthy of their interest.
If they continue like this, it 'll only take another few years and nobody
will remember what FAI and IGC where all about. They do cost us a lot of
money though.

Keep on flying and don't try to understand their stupid rulings. They
probably don't even understand them themselves...



"nyffeler" schreef in bericht
...

Kathrin, she got her licence last year, made a flight of total 5h 14min.

Take off and landing was on Saanen (Switzerland) at 1029m.
Release Altitude was at 13:16 on 2112m, which is a normal release altitude
for
Saanen.
Last point logged above release altitude - 1000m was at 18:23 on 1117m.
This gives a duration of 5:07h.

I thought this is ok for the silver badge duration flight and signed the
claim
form.

You may imagine how frustrated she was as the NAC refused to accept the
flight
for the reason according:
SC3 4.4.2 Loss of height and application of the height penalty
c. For speed and duration flights, a loss of height exceeding 1000 meters
will
invalidate the soaring performance.

My question, is this decision really in terms of the sporting code?

Ok, the definitions a
DURATION 1.2.6 The time elapsed between the START TIME and the FINISH
TIME.
FINISH TIME 1.2.4 The time that the SOARING PERFORMANCE finishes.
SOARING PERFORMANCE 1.1.1 The performance during that portion of a glider
flight from the START POINT to the FINISH POINT.
FINISH POINT 1.1.12 The WAY POINT marking the end of a SOARING
PERFORMANCE. It
is:
a. The point at which the nose of the glider comes to rest without
external
assistance after landing, or
b. A WAY POINT declared as the FINISH POINT or goal, or
c. The midpoint of a FINISH LINE, or
d. The point at which an MoP is started.

So the decision of the NAC was ok, because the altitude loss between
release
and landing was 1083m, 83m to much.
However, if she would have started an MoP just bevor crossing the 1000m
limit
the flight must have been accepted.

Is this not stupid?

Peter Nyffeler
(OO soaring club zurich)