On Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 3:27:26 PM UTC-6, Nick Kennedy wrote:
Like Many others, every spring, I think about attempting some state records.
In my world that would be Colorado and Utah. Maybe NV.
So I look through the existing records and realize that there are none in Colorado I would have any chance of. Tom Serkowski, Dave Leonard and Bob Faris and others have set the bar so high, there all are basically unbeatable.
In Utah the bar is also set very very high. Same in Nevada.

So in the interest of promoting soaring, flying tasks, and getting more pilots involved to a higher level;

What you would think about erasing all STATE records every 10 years?

Everyone who has a State Certificate now ( I've got 2 ) would keep them, but we would just start anew, like the OLC does every year. This would create alot of work for the State Record Keepers, for sure, but it might be worth it to bolster interest in this exciting aspect of our dwindling sport.

Any one who has attempted a State Record knows what goes into it, alot really, and its easy to screw it up.

Thumb up or thumbs down on this idea?
Nick
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Nick,

I once proposed the US adopt the BGA Ladder system. It has morphed a bit since then, but poke around this site.
https://www.bgaladder.net/

I suspect we might have to include a regional filter.

Unlike OLC, a pilot would actually have to belong to a club/chapter to post for it.

I doubt SSA will change the State Record system, other than to possibly change the record submission process.

Frank Whiteley