On Jun 29, 9:03*pm, Cats wrote:
On Jun 29, 5:25*pm, Frank Whiteley wrote:

On Jun 29, 8:35*am, " wrote:

Does anyone know the reason why almost no postings are made on the OLC
by British pilots ?
I was watching Wimbledon on TV yesterday and noticed the great looking
skies over England so went to the OLC site to see what good flights
may have been made there - but nothing posted . I lived there myself
at one time and can vouch that occasionally some very good x/c
distances are possible !

ZA.

http://www.bgaladder.co.uk/Enquiry.asp

Provincialism

A very unfair comment. *There are many pilots in the UK (and the US as
well I imagine) who don't post flights anywhere, and also the
Wimbledon skies were exceptional for the UK. *We rarely have
conditions that can compete with the continent, the US & the southern
hemisphere and there is also a lot of airspace to avoid in the
southern parts of the UK.

However, those that do post have put up some truely exceptional
flights, as a bit of hunting around in the 2007 results will show.

I don't think it's an unfair comment at all, I believe it's a truism
and, in my experience, soaring is rife with it down to the club level
in the US, to a lesser extent in the UK, and doubtless other places
running national sites. It's not intentional, but results from a
variety of subjective decisions or organizational issues. It just is
what is. Yes, many pilots choose to not post their flights, some post
them all, others only post their better flights. The BGA and SGU
national and club ladders are quite popular, so that's become the
venue of focused interest and posting also to the OLC probably seems a
bit of a bother. The concept of a club ladder fell flat at my club in
the US when proposed in the mid-1990's. The OLC is a real boon to us
in the US, lacking any other venue. OLC allows us all to view the
possibilities and to promote our sites and seasons and reward those
that distinguish themselves. I would just ask to post both places.

Frank Whiteley