In the case of the Colibri, the declaration is made
automatically when logging starts, which is when you
reach forty knots or so on the takeoff roll. A little
hard to make [and photograph ?] a paper declaration
after that..?

Ian




At 07:48 15 October 2004, John Gilbert wrote:

In the Sporting Code Section 3, Chapter 4.2.2 Declaration
Validity,
paragraph a. 'The last declaration made before takeoff
is the only one
valid for the flight, but a concurrently flown and
different
competition task is allowed.'

So I don't see any way that more than one (valid) declaration
can
exist for a flight AND still comply with the Sporting
Code. Either
the one in the flight recorder is the last one made,
or the paper one
is the last one made. Maybe you can talk an OO into
verifying a flight
with two 'valid' declarations, but I think it is not
in the intention
of the rules to do so. It ain't, well, sporting.

Regards,
John

PS Volkslogger (and other?) flight recorder owners
need to be aware
that the Volkslogger will automatically declare the
most recently
stored declaration before each following flight, when
power is turned
on. If you declare on paper, then climb in the glider
and take off,
the last valid declaration will be in the flight recorder.
You need to
declare on paper, after you power up the Volkslogger.