Your opinion matters! We are at record levels of poll participation, but really want to hear from as many US racing pilots as possible. Anyone who has flown an SSA-sanctioned contest over the past three years is eligible to participate. Regional and occasional racers, we want to hear from you...

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Folks - Dont know if anyone out there in cyberspace knows about our N. California/Nevada/Hawaii regional organization and its newsletter West Wind - PASCO is the regional organization for this area and we'd like to invite you to look at our website and enjoy the resources , articles,...

Late entries are accepted. No late surcharges will be issued. Website: www.adirondacksoaring.com (click on glider contest) Adirondack Soaring is planning on hosting the 2006 Region 3 Soaring Contest at the Floyd Bennett Memorial - Warren County Airport, in Glens Falls, New York. This is a new...

Website: www.adirondacksoaring.com (click on glider contest) Adirondack Soaring is planning on hosting the 2006 Region 3 Soaring Contest at the Floyd Bennett Memorial - Warren County Airport, in Glens Falls, New York. This is a new site for Region 3 and we are excited about the potential it will...

Website: www.adirondacksoaring.com (click on glider contest) Adirondack Soaring is planning on hosting the 2006 Region 3 Soaring Contest at the Floyd Bennett Memorial - Warren County Airport, in Glens Falls, New York. This is a new site for Region 3 and we are exited about the potential it will...

Contest flights in the KS Duo Discus are available for the R4N contest that will be held at Fairfield, Pa October 7-13. The proceeds ($200/day) will be given to the US Team Fund. Interested pilots may call Karl at 814 237 7996.

Hi, I finally put some of the photos from the Region 7 Soaring Contest in Albert Lea, Minnesota on the web site. I also put up the score sheets and the preliminary post contest write-up. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/contest.htm Good Soaring, Paul Remde

Hi, Plans are coming along nicely for the upcoming US Region 7 Soaring Contest in Albert Lea, MN which begins with a practice day on May 28th. The only thing missing is enough competitors. I believe that many pilots are planning to compete but have not yet registered. If you are planning...

Hi Everyone, Preparations for the Region 7 Soaring Contest in Albert Lea, MN are coming along nicely. We are going to have a lot of fun! Please note that if you haven't yet registered for the contest and sent in your $100 deposit, you need to do that before Wednesday, March 30th to avoid the $50...

Anyone know about the Region 9 contest for 2004? Specifically Where & When? thanks Chris

Hey All Y'all Dashing Heroes of the Air, I don't want to speak out of turn, but the "split" Region V West contest at Chilhowee (Benton, Tennessee, USA) is only 3 weeks away! Time to get your name on the list. You really don't want to miss out on this contest for a number of reasons in (no...

Strange as it seems, have to pick my 2010 vacation weeks soon. Thanks, 711, for posting the Nationals info. Any reliable rumors about likely regional sites/dates beyond what's made it to the SSA site already? (Region 1? 3?) Thanks, Erik

I'm hoping to tap the voice of experience... I've been thinking about buying a glider ever since I moved to the US, its been 10 years now and I'm still waiting to get my Green card... yay go USA... anyway... bitterness aside... I know that I can't register an Aircraft on the US register unless...

After the day at Moriarty earlier this year and Nephi yesterday for the 15M/Std Combined class the rules for how a day is devalued needs to be addressed. I understand why the rule was modified a few years ago so that if pilots just didn't fly it would not devalue the day, but the criteria of what...

US Rules Committee Election Results The winner of the election for the current four year spot on the SSA contest rules sub-committee is Dave Mockler. He will take Dave Cole's place on the five member body that deals with competition rules and related matters. Dave is a member of the flying Mockler...

Only one day left! So far, poll responses are up 15% from 2017 and are up an impressive 30% from two years ago, but there are many of you out there who haven't responded yet. If you have flown a US contest in the past three years we want your feedback! Participation in the annual rules poll is...

The annual SSA Contest Rules Committee election and SRA Rules Poll are available at http://206.168.3.4/survey/surveys.php. Both are open to pilots on the US Pilot Ranking List. Both close October 14. Please help support the Contest Rules-making process and take the few minutes it will take to...

http://www.ssa.org/files/member/Restricted%20Device%20Policy.pdf It goes like this. 1. The FAI and US rules banning the use in competition of technology that provide AH or T&B functionality are not going away this season. Opine to the max on the good/bad aspects of this all you like, but...

I hate to bring this up again...but I must. I have learned this morning that XCSoar is to be banned from US soaring competitions. In fact our rules committee is apparently planning to also ban all free, open source applications because they "feel" they cannot control whether these applications may...