On Jun 16, 3:18*pm, Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Jun 16, 12:55*pm, Nyal Williams wrote:



On Jun 16, 1:43*pm, "kirk.stant" wrote:

This sounds scary for us that have not flown in a contest for 15
years.
Fred TX-

This is obviously a dastardly plot by the SRA to force all the owners
of nice, new, shiny racing gliders to show up at races and compete,
thereby injecting new life in the (soon to be) growing sport of glider
racing! *A Red Bull sponsorship, along with a TV show on ESPN (and hot
chicks in bikinis) is sure to follow....

For those who still insist on not showing up at contests, just list
all the SSA and local contest dates on your program letter, filling in
any blank dates with whatever badge legs you still need, and finally
declaring a random OLC task as a backup on any remaining free days.
Remember to keep a day free every other year for your flight review,
then update the list daily (based on the latest wx forecast and size
of the Gulf Oil Spill) to your friendly neighborhood FSDO, who will be
ecstatic at your level of compliance - promotion for sure!

Or, if any of you proud owners of a nice new ASG-29 or LS-10 don't
feel up to keeping your paperwork straight with the Feds, I'll be
happy to trade you my nice pre-moratorium 3-diamond LS6, which still
does not need a full time secretary to stay legal and in which you can
still fly for fun...

This sure makes me proud to be an American - home of the best
bureaucracy money can buy!

Kirk
66
"Racing to Fly, Flying to Race"

If clubs organized weekly races around a small triangle, O&R, etc. and
if the SSA would sanction all club races, and if all owners listed all
SSA sanctioned races the problem would be virtually solved. *All
glider pilots should join a club.

Unfortunately, premises liability insurance is not in effect during
air meets, thus event insurance is required (perhaps this could be
negotiated). *FAI and SSA do make awards on OLC *performances, as does
this SSA state governor. *I'm not sure internal club racing is an
issue, but sanctions do raise the question.

Sanction fees (if any) could perhaps apply to your 2010 racing series
and it would get a discount on your event insurance, if they would
accept your proposal. *Have to look at the details.

Nice idea, but we haven't hosted the Rocky Mountain Soaring Contest
since we discovered this as it was attended by pilots from several
locations. *The cost of the additional fees could be charged to the
competing pilots. *With enough participation, it could be about the
cost of an aerotow.

Frank Whiteley

Frank,

If I remember the reg correctly, it did not suggest who sanctions such
events. What is a legal sanction? Is it a bond or does it require
insurance? Is a sanction, in fact, a requirement? How does this work
for OLC races?