On Mar 10, 10:15*am, Martin Gregorie
wrote:
On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 07:38:34 -0800, Tony wrote:
I couldn't find much on a search but am really curious as to why
apparently National records are based on citizenship and not on the
location of the actual flight? *This leads to very misleading listings
of National Records. *For example the World Altitude Record of Fossett
and Enevoldsen of 50,721 ft was flown in Argentina but shows up as a US
Multiplace National Record when in fact no multiplace glider has ever
flown that high in the US. *Similar with the 1500 km that Fossett and
Delore flew in Argentina. *What was the FAI thinking when they decided
to use citizenship instead of the country where you start your flight?
Surely they had a reason.

Isn't that a question for the US national aeroclub?

Of course the FAI administers world records, but I think you'll find that
US national records are the responsibility of your national aero club and
that they set the rules about who can hold a national record and where,
geographically, it can be set.

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OK then, why are US records based on citizenship instead of geographic
location? Although the one thread I did find here on the subject
seemed to indicate that the US is not the only country with this
situation.