Crazy Idea # 54-1A i.e. Erase all State Soaring Records every 10 years..

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Hey Nick,

There are two ideas here. One is to reward people for pursuing declared tasks and giving them some degree of recognition. The other is erasing records..

Records are records for a reason. They are the official recorded limit of what has ever been done in a state, country, or the world. They just *are*. Erasing them does not change that someone has already done it at a certain performance!

That said, the idea that recognizing that a pilot for flying declared tasks (100km, 300km, 500km, 1000km triangles, 3tp flights, etc etc.) is a very reasonable idea. That's kind of the point of the badge program... but other organizations also have other additional elements or points of recognition.

If Record Keepers or the SSA was to provide a certificate for folks completing these kinds of flights, I think that has merit! They are great personal goals!

All the best,
Daniel