On Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 11:38:21 AM UTC-7, Jamie Shore wrote:
Is anybody aware of any contest committee talk (or actual rule change) of the Under-the-Wing-Contest-ID requirement going away in the US?

I've heard..
"..IGC does not require any more competition signs on the wing,.."

SSA Website says..
http://www.ssa.org/ContestCommittee?show=blog&id=1552

Thanks,
Jamie Shore

I second UH's statement. Under wing numbers are no longer used for scoring but for glider to glider identification and communication. Hard to tell YY he/she is about to hit you if you don't know who it is. "White glider, I am on your right" does not work in a contest Read and follow the rules for size and color. We have too many gliders with light grey number colors and script letters that are not legal at contests. As JJ said ten years ago, we have one Diana that should not be allowed to fly because of script contest ID, but he is easy to identify. For fun we could file a protest at a contest just to make those without proper ID scramble.