"bsquared" wrote in message ink.net...
If my home base airport was in Texas and I wanted to fly in, say, the Denver
area or at Minden, would it be "legal" to send in an amendment to my program
letter saying I was going to make a badge attempt and needed to practice
beforehand (referencing the SSA award exclusion in paragraph 35)?

If I already had a Silver or Gold badge, would I be allowed to practice for
a second one?

Has anyone in a similar situation figured out some good language or a
loophole that would allow me to fly outside my 300 mile limit?

Here is the key language in my annual "Program Letter" to the local
FSDO that covers this situation:

I request this glider to be kept certified for the experimental
purposes of ‘Exhibition and Air Racing', Group I.

1. The Base of Operation is at the Windy City Glider Club site near
Hinckley, IL
2. The previously granted flight restrictions shall be upheld and
continued.
3. Proficiency flights shall be permitted within an operational radius
of 300 nautical miles from the above airport.
4. According to FAA Order 8130.2D "Airworthiness Certification of
Aircraft and Related Products" Section 8-142-33, proficiency flights
are also authorized outside the above area under certain restrictions.
This applies specifically to gliders and in conjunction with
sanctioned meets and races organized by the ‘Soaring Society of
America' or the FAI. The following is a listing of the places and
dates I intend to fly the above glider in the year 2004. The
geographical area of flight operations will be within a 150 NM radius
around the location given. Due to the nature of soaring flight and
racing tasks called, intended routes cannot be specified.
This has worked without objection from the FSDOs here in IL and
earlier in NC.

Herb, J7