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Old August 7th 08, 05:22 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default WGC 2008 TP radius?

On Aug 7, 8:42*am, Andy wrote:
On Aug 7, 1:56*am, Ian Strachan wrote:

7.5 TURN POINTS AND ASSIGNED AREAS
7.5.1 The Observation Zone for a GNSS Turn Point shall be a cylinder
of radius 0.5 km, centered on the turn point.


Thanks to both of you. *We use 0.25 statute mile in US and that is a
smaller radius.

Andy


US turnpoint radius for MAT and AST is now 1 mile which is intended to
reduce meaningless penalties for small misses and slightly spread the
fleet at the turn for , hopefully, enhanced safety.
Cheers
UH