On Nov 1, 7:55*am, wrote:
Hmmmmm.

No sour grapes here. I've been a little out of the loop for a couple
of years when it comes to matters of officialdom. However, if you're
going to play the game, officially, you need to be up on things. I
know this from past experience, and it really is my fault for not
checking more thoroughly ahead of time. I was merely relying on past
experience. All of my dealings with Judy Ruprecht and others at the
SSA when it comes to filing official records have been quite
satisfactory, and I appreciate all of their hard work and expertise.
Judy is remarkably good. I have also had good dealings with Art
Greenfield at the NAA. It does get expensive, however. It is
disappointing regarding the Cambridge issue.

After this filight, I was urged to post it to the OLC- something I
hadn't done before. I guess I bombed out there as well, not realizing
there was a very short deadline. It was filed a couple of days late.
Again, my fault but now I know. I am curious about how this flight
would have scored properly. I couldn't find the Woodstock and so
picked a 1-26 as something close. Later, a friend wrote and said the
Woodstock can be found under M for Maupin. Does anyone have the
ability to calculate the distance and score the flight with proper
handicap from the flight log? I wonder how this flight would have
compared to others flown this past season in the OLC. I'm really
curious about this but can't figure it out from the website.

Best Regards,
Gary Osoba

Hi Gary,

Anyone who is using SeeYou can tell you the OLC points for the
flight. Feel free to send it to me.

As the chairman of the SSA's FAI Badge and Record Committee, I felt
terrible when we saw your file (Judy checked with us for guidance).
In fact, the "problem" in the eyes of the IGC with the older Cambridge
Model 10, 20, and 25s is a little more complicated than you
describe. Their decision to reduce the approval level to "All
Badges" is related to concerns about the security/encryption
methodology employed on these models. We can agree or disagree as to
whether the IGC made the right decision in reducing the approval
levels of these ubiquitous (at least here in the US) and extremely
long-lived recorders, but them's the rules.

FWIW, the SSA has gone against the IGC in the sense that we have
decided to continue to allow these legacy CAI recorders to be used all
the way up to National Records. We are acutely aware that this
creates the potential trap of a flight being "good enough" for a World
Record but only being acceptable up to the National level.

Regards,
Erik Mann (LS8-18 P3)
Chair, SSA FAI Badge and Record Committee