National Records & Citizenship

On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:27:04 -0800, Tony wrote:

On Mar 10, 10:15Â*am, Martin Gregorie
wrote:
On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 07:38:34 -0800, Tony wrote:
I couldn't find much on a search but am really curious as to why
apparently National records are based on citizenship and not on the
location of the actual flight? Â*This leads to very misleading
listings of National Records. Â*For example the World Altitude Record
of Fossett and Enevoldsen of 50,721 ft was flown in Argentina but
shows up as a US Multiplace National Record when in fact no
multiplace glider has ever flown that high in the US. Â*Similar with
the 1500 km that Fossett and Delore flew in Argentina. Â*What was the
FAI thinking when they decided to use citizenship instead of the
country where you start your flight? Surely they had a reason.

Isn't that a question for the US national aeroclub?

Of course the FAI administers world records, but I think you'll find
that US national records are the responsibility of your national aero
club and that they set the rules about who can hold a national record
and where, geographically, it can be set.

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OK then, why are US records based on citizenship instead of geographic
location? Although the one thread I did find here on the subject seemed
to indicate that the US is not the only country with this situation.

I never said or implied that the US is the only country to do that: just
that the rules for national records will be set by a national body, not
the FAI.

The UK has a very similar rule. National records must be set by UK
citizens but can be set anywhere in the world. I know of at least one UK
record that was set in Patagonia.



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