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*Never mind
that many igc approved flight recorders do not specifically ask you
for this. *My C-302, for instance, prompts one for the "competition
ID". *And in competition, this is what the scorer wants in that field
(I've asked).

There are many in the SSA that would like to see this sorted out. *The
obvious place to go is the badge and record committee chairman, who
(ahem) is probably reading this and cringing (sorry). *Judy, as you
have already guessed, takes the other side of the debate.

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This is a good point, I looked back through the IGC files I have from
the 18 meter nationals last year and see a mix of Contest Numbers and
N-numbers used in the IGC files. I don't recall any serious issues
with this during scoring so I am suspicious that Guy has somehow
accounted for this in the Winscore software. I do see most are using
the competition ID.

I have sent Guy an email for confirmation of if the N number is
acceptable in the GLIDERID field and still have the contest number
show on the score sheet.

If the FAI is going to require the N-number in this field, it only
makes sense that we should be either require it be used in our
contests or at least allow either to be used so it doesn't need to be
change between contest flights and badge flights.

Brian C.