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Old October 14th 15, 10:47 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Tim Newport-Peace[_2_]
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Default NEW Sporting Code rules

At 08:50 14 October 2015, wrote:
Le mardi 13 octobre 2015 14:26:06 UTC+2, a

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Silver distance rules
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The only thing the new FAI rules will create is the necessity for the

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plane to tow the glider some 25 kilometers to the release point
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more expense and a higher risk of an off field landing.
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Tom Knauff


If they really wanted to force one to leave the vicinity of the home
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ld, they should indeed have phrased it "50 km from the airfield of
departur=
e" instead of "from the release point"...

The "Soaring Performance" begins at the Release Point, not the Home
Airfield.