"Papa3" wrote in message
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On Sep 30, 9:15 am, Peter Purdie wrote:
Whenever a question arises, it is often best to go back to the source
document.

New Sporting Code (valid from October 1 2009, Declaration section:

4.2.1 Declaration content
a. Date of flight.
b. Name of the pilot-in-command, and the flight crew if any (see Annex C,
para 6.3c).
c. Glider type, and its registration or serial number or unique
NAC-assigned contest number.
d. The make, model and serial number of the FR used (as recorded in the
igc file for the flight). For any barograph or GPS position recorder
used, the make, model and serial
number as verified by the OO before flight.

Therefore the Competition number assigned by the SSA is perfectly good,
and most of this thread is irrelevant..............

Hi Peter,

Sometimes, it is important to go back and carefully re-read the
wording of a rule :-)

The catch is that 4.2.1.c refers to a "unique NAC-Assigned contest
number." The SSA (and several other large NACs) do not assign a
unique contest number to an aircraft; rather, the contest number is
assigned to the pilot. In the context of the rule, the
interpretation handed down by the IGC is that "unique" refers to the
combination of the contest number and aircraft. The IGC folks were
very clear that the situation in the US is such that the competition
number would not meet the requirements. We tried very hard to explain
the impact of this situation, but we ultimately were asked to concede
the point.

Regards,

Erik Mann
Chair, SSA FAI Badge & Record Committee


Erik;

Thanks anyway for the effort.
--
Hartley Falbaum
USA "KF"