Altitude Record Types, Class, and Categories

Follow up from another thread:

All:

Under the presumption that a legitimate purpose of this forum is to
pass along pertinent information relating to the art and science of
soaring,

and realizing that the pursuit and achievement of badges and records
is thereto related,

I offer for your consideration Item 5 of the 2009 edition of the RULES
FOR U.S. NATIONAL AND SSA STATE SOARING RECORDS form found at:

http://www.ssa.org/files/member/US&StRULES2009.pdf

which states:

5. US National & State Record Types: Except as noted below, each
record TYPE is available in any combination of Category and Class...

[except]

ALTITUDE
Reference; Type

1.4.2(a); Absolute Altitude
1.4.2(b); Altitude Gain

Available only in these
Categories & Classes:

Open Class General
Open Class Feminine

.................................................. .......................................

So when it comes to State and National altitude records,

no matter what class glider we may fly,
we are all considered either

OPEN Class-GENERAL Category
or
OPEN Class-Feminine Category.

Note: There is no "Junior" Category for altitude records.

Also, per the same SSA Form (per the FAI rules),
it is interesting to note there is no "Feminine" Category for STANDARD
Class.

'dem's da rules!

Ray

At 19:35 23 April 2009, wrote:

So when it comes to State and National altitude records,

no matter what class glider we may fly,
we are all considered either

OPEN Class-GENERAL Category
or
OPEN Class-Feminine Category.

So what *is* the rationale for having a separate
category for the girls?

Jim Beckman

So what *is* the rationale for having a separate
category for the girls?


Jim, Jim, Jim,

Haven't you noticed?

The female of the species has an innate ability which induces *things*
to defy gravity!

: )

On Apr 24, 5:15*am, Jim Beckman wrote:
At 19:35 23 April 2009, wrote:



So when it comes to State and National altitude records,

no matter what class glider we may fly,
we are all considered either

OPEN Class-GENERAL Category
or
OPEN Class-Feminine Category.

So what *is* the rationale for having a separate
category for the girls?

Jim Beckman

On Apr 24, 5:15*am, Jim Beckman wrote:
At 19:35 23 April 2009, wrote:



So when it comes to State and National altitude records,

no matter what class glider we may fly,
we are all considered either

OPEN Class-GENERAL Category
or
OPEN Class-Feminine Category.

So what *is* the rationale for having a separate
category for the girls?

Jim Beckman

If women need separate categories for anying they should be excluded
from the equivalent male category. It makes no sense at all to have a
general (sex blind) category, a female only category, but no male only
category.

I know of no sexual characteristic that makes it easier or harder for
women to fly altitude records than men.

Andy

I know of no sexual characteristic that makes it easier or harder
for
women to fly altitude records than men.

Andy

Frozen diapers?

I know of no sexual characteristic that makes it easier or harder for
women to fly altitude records than men.


It is a scientific fact that females, in general, are disadvantaged
with regard to depth perception--

Generation after generation of women have been consistently misled
that certain items are 6-inches long when they're actually much
shorter...

; )

Darn, no new record! It was sure a great flight though.

On Apr 24, 9:26*am, wrote:
I know of no sexual characteristic that makes it easier or harder for
women to fly altitude records than men.

It is a scientific fact that females, in general, are disadvantaged
with regard to depth perception--

Generation after generation of women have been consistently misled
that certain items are 6-inches long *when they're actually much
shorter...

; )