On Tue, 18 Aug 2015 17:17:46 -0700, unclhank wrote:

Unless there has been a change that I am not aware of, one can declare a
remote start point, fly to a remote finish. and return to the home base.

Yes, of course. A Silver distance can be done as you describe *provided
that* it has a 50km leg, which is all that counts for Silver.

I thought the post I replied to could be read as if flying a closed task
totalling 50km would count as Silver Distance but it would not.

Altitude loss is calculated from release height to height at finish
point. The task some of our folks have done for this turns out to
require about a 130k flight which seems about right if one is flying
modern glass.

Too true. The prospective Silver Badge holder should read the rulebook
before planning any of the three elements, but always remebering that the
Silver C can be and has been completed in one flight!


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