NO.1 At the end of 2006 it was my time to pay my SSA dues, so I also
asked to renew my sporting license (1hr later and after B.S. with three
people I got "NO")(so much for cutoff date Jan 1, 2007)
NO.2 Now it costs $45 for a NAA sporting license, how much was it
before? It had to be $ 0 since our dues didn't go down.
If NAA charged $0 for our licensing fee our "old good guys"
should have informed us of the screw up with NAA of the cost to become
$45.
Ryszard Krolikowski "RW"

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FAI Sporting Licenses


10/13/2006

The responsibility for issuing FAI Sporting Licenses in the United
States rests with the National Aeronautics Association (NAA). Under an
arrangement with NAA, SSA has been distributing Sporting Licenses for
Soaring to SSA members as one of our member benefits. At the time of
the arrangement, NAA required applicants for FAI badges to hold
Sporting Licenses. Recently, NAA has dropped this requirement.

Under a new arrangement, NAA and SSA have agreed that a Sporting
License is required for participation in international events, world
records, and US national records only. Please note that YOU MUST HAVE a
Sporting License BEFORE you take off on a record attempt. A Sporting
License is not required for badges, diplomas, US contests, state
records, US trophies, lennie pins, nor the Hilton Cup.

In 2005, fewer than 25 members participated in the events listed above
requiring Sporting Licenses, and for this reason, SSA has decided to
stop paying NAA a per-member fee for Sporting Licenses and to stop
issuing licenses to members. SSA members who need to renew their
Sporting Licenses should contact NAA directly (www.naa.aero,
800-644-9777). The effective date of this change is January 1, 2007,
and SSA will stop issuing Sporting Licenses on that date.


We are continuing our discussions with NAA, and we will strive to
reduce the cost of Sporting Licenses (currently $45 per year) for our
members. For further information, contact the Hobbs office
).