There is no reason why you can't fly an out and return and claim the
outbound leg as the goal part of the flight. The TP then becomes the finish.
The problem is that only one declaration can be in effect at a time when it
comes to the course you intend to fly so you either have to declare a goal
flight or an O/R.

Ian.



"Mark Zivley" wrote in message
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If you want to make a flight to a "goal" the sporting code says that the
"goal" is a "finish point" and the definition of "finish point is defined
as the end of the flight (for simplicity). Either a landing, a declared
"finish point", or engine start location.

My question is why does the goal need to be a finish point???? Why can't
the "goal" be any pre-declared waypoint? If there is a record attempt
that is made from a start point to a "goal" then why should it matter if
there were waypoints used before or after the "goal" is reached? I'm NOT
suggesting that the pilot get credit for the extra distance. He/she would
only get credit for the straight line distance from the start point to the
goal point.

Consider this example. The current state record for "distance to a goal"
is say 100km. You declare an out and return to a waypoint which is 155km
from the start point because if you make it back you'd get your 300k badge
flight. Even though you made it to a pre-declared point (a "goal" if you
will) you won't get credit for the state record for "distance to a goal"
because you didn't finish at the declared waypoint. even though the
distance to the waypoint beats the 100km record by 55k.

Why not state that the "goal" must be a pre-declared waypoint OR finish
point and that the distance that is credited for the "distance to a goal"
be defined as the straight line distance from the start point to the
declared waypoint.

Mark