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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