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Old March 6th 20, 12:42 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default AUSTRALIAN SCANDAL FROM GLIDING INTERNATIONAL MARCH 2020 ISSUE

All the evidence of the other teams having the same data are circumstancial..

Talk about the live tracking data was not hidden. Like pilots knew Australia had it, Australians knew other countries had it. The behavior of the teams was exactly like it, directly after briefing teams came together and then cars were sent away. Anybody with experience in high-level comps knows what that is for. This is the reason the IGC didn't ban the use of tracking data. Everybody knows it is happening.

The incompetence of the IGC representatives was stunning. The president didn't understand the issue, the jury member on-site was the spouse of a pilot and had never opened a jury handbook. The remote jury couldn't be reached until late and the total phone time for this complicated issue was less than 2 minutes. All rules of due process, times, etc. were broken to accommodate an early prize-giving.

We should be happy though, that nobody got killed due to this stunning incompetence of officials in what was likely one of the most dangerous competitions in gliding history.