Logan contest reporting now only on Soaring Cafe

Originally Posted by Albert Thomas

On Jul 23, 5:29*pm, Andrzej Kobus wrote:
On Jul 23, 7:56*pm, Darryl Ramm wrote:

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Well, some of Frank's posts are still posted at the Regionals page.
Not sure for how long they will stay there though..... Yes, this is
blatant censorship and I can think of two reasons for it. Frank's
account will make in unlikely that future national might be held at
Logan because too many pilots may decide it's just too risky a venue
for their glider. Which leads to a second possibility. As a contest
manager or competition director who has selected tasks that have
resulted in the damage to 5 (is that confirmed? FIVE!?!) out of 54 or
9.3% of the sailplanes entered, I'd be a little worried about the
soaring insurance companies reading of repeated tasks over reportedly
unlandable terrain. You do have to get liability insurance to host one
of these contests after all...I'm just glad no one has been hurt in
this crapshoot.

Censorship is wrong. I have enjoyed Frank's reports, they give those of us who love this stuff an opportunity to get first hand observations of these events in a timely manner. What are we to do otherwise, wait three or four months for the SSA magazine article? Sure the Soaring Cafe is another venue but it's the censorship part that bothers me.

If there is truly something being said that would negatively affect the insurance premiums, that needs to be discussed and a compromise agreed upon. That's not censorship, that's simply addressing a reasonable concern. Undoubtedly there are geographic environments which are less desirable to flat land pilots but they have the option to either enter the event or not. The Logan folks should want to be up front about such things. Just watch a video or two from Bruno and you will get an idea of how different that area is from the flat earth types.

I would suggest that all SSA members go to the SSA page, go to "contact us" and voice our concerns. I plan to do so.

Walt