We already used stored energy. Are you saying there are types you like and
types you don't?

FAI have introduced "E-Concept" to the sport of Gliding. Most of the
details are yet to be worked out, but the essence of the concept is that
the use of stored energy will be allowed during the credited portion of
the flight performance.

Powered flight for credit.

Does this belong in our sport?

A stronger argument can be made that "Flight is flight," than "All flight is
the same." To use an analogy, "This particular fish seems more mullet than
salmon."

Yeah! Let's have a "soaring competition" in which no distinction is made
between "direct solar-powered flight" and "battery-(dinosaur-juice-;
rubber-band-) powered flight. And to be sure we don't lose any competition
days to bad weather, let's continue scoring during and after using
"non-natural power."

Let the semanticists begin!!!

Bob - all flight is good; not all flight is soaring flight - W.

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