The Decline of Soaring Awards

On Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 5:00:30 PM UTC-5, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 13:58:07 -0700, MNLou wrote:

A clarification on badge distance rules. All flights for Gold Distance,
Diamond Distance, and Diamond Goal must be pre-declared - unless they
are a point to point "downwind dash".

Gold distance doesn't need to be predeclared,

Per the Sporting Code and the SSA Badge Dude, indeed, Gold Distance - unless a downwind dash - needs to be predeclared.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks!

Lou

On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 19:59:20 -0700, MNLou wrote:

A clarification on badge distance rules. All flights for Gold
Distance,
Diamond Distance, and Diamond Goal must be pre-declared - unless they
are a point to point "downwind dash".

Gold distance doesn't need to be predeclared,

Per the Sporting Code and the SSA Badge Dude, indeed, Gold Distance -
unless a downwind dash - needs to be predeclared.


Please correct me if I'm wrong.

No, that's correct - the undeclared flight may be a straight line in any
direction, otherwise it must be declared and must not have more than
three declared turnpoints.

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Do you guys have a 100 km diploma, or is that UK only? It has two parts:

a) Completion of a 100 km declared closed circuit flight, set either as a
triangle or as an out - and - return, starting and finishing with the
crossing of a 1km start/finish line.

b) Completion of a similar flight to that above, but at a minimum
handicapped speed of 65 km per hour. The handicap list from the current
Competition Handbook is to be used.

I think flying something like that is quite a good introduction to XC
soaring given UK airspace restrictions.


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I agree with Wyll. Badges only matter to the people they matter to.

On Friday, March 27, 2020 at 9:19:59 AM UTC-6, Bret Hess wrote:
I agree with Wyll. Badges only matter to the people they matter to.

Perhaps there's a east-west cultural divide here.

On Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 10:59:23 PM UTC-4, MNLou wrote:
On Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 5:00:30 PM UTC-5, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 13:58:07 -0700, MNLou wrote:

A clarification on badge distance rules. All flights for Gold Distance,
Diamond Distance, and Diamond Goal must be pre-declared - unless they
are a point to point "downwind dash".

Gold distance doesn't need to be predeclared,

Per the Sporting Code and the SSA Badge Dude, indeed, Gold Distance - unless a downwind dash - needs to be predeclared.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks!

Lou

The only one that requires declaration of turn points is diamond goal.
Gold distance and diamond distance can be straight out without declared points.
UH