The Decline of Soaring Awards

On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 13:58:07 -0700, MNLou wrote:

A clarification on badge distance rules. All flights for Gold Distance,
Diamond Distance, and Diamond Goal must be pre-declared - unless they
are a point to point "downwind dash".

Gold distance doesn't need to be predeclared, but the Diamond Goal flight
does. Since both are 300 km, declare it anyway and, on completion you can
claim it as Gold Distance and Diamond Goal. At least, that was the case
when I did the flight and claimed both badge legs.

Height claims require an IGC approved logger with a calibrated pressure
sensor installed. If its calibration certificate is out of date it can be
recalibrated after the flight: there is a short window allowed for doing
that. However, if you're relying on post calibration, if conditions
permit, do make sure you've given yourself a decent height margin rather
than just scrambling over the target height in case the sensor has
drifted.


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