Minden Airstrip Review

All these turnpoint databases...

In my Streak I use United States.cup file for my turnpoints. I see that I
also have moriarty_ASC.cup, morirt1b.cup, and moriarC.cup. It seems that
every time there's a contest at Moriarty, a new turn point file appears.
I've tried using multiple TP files and find that the lat/long positions are
not always the same, displaying multiple closely spaced turn points of the
same name, so you can't reliably choose from the map.

It would appear, then, that, should I go to one of the soaring sites in NV,
I should only use the local turn point file used by the local pilots.


"JJ Sinclair" wrote in message
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On Sunday, September 22, 2013 8:16:58 AM UTC-7, Ramy wrote:
Good point JJ. Ideally we should have just one database for the whole
Great Basin which will have all the turnpoints for all locations and
contests. One single source of truth. But I think most of the "airstrips"
in Frank's list should be removed from the Minden database. Is there
really a strip in "Baily Ranch" which I believe is below Mt Rose? I never
seen any.



Ramy

I tried to get Air Sailing, Truckee and Minden to adopt a single turnpoint
list a few years back and found that trying to get glider pilots to agree on
anything was like herding cats!
JJ