Silver Distance Denied

Terry,

Although technically your flight was not qualified according to the rules, you obviously had a better flight than the minimum requirements.
So if you are not satisfied with the complex strict rules, as I would be, just use OLC.
The badges were invented well before OLC as the only way one could have measured their progress. I believe now with OLC and the likes (Crosscountry.aero, skylines) badges are mostly obsolete and you can easily track, measure and document your progress with OLC. And if you still want to pre declare your tasks, you can do so with OLC BHC.

Ramy

unless you want to pay money to get shiny bling to put on your bucket hat.

Brad

I just cut to the chase and pursued the Diamond and got it thanks to Cindy Brickner at Cal City. Attempting a 750 km diploma I was denied because my open landing my wheel stop was like 43 seconds after sunset, go figure!

True, following the lift lines will get you more time, distance, and
speed and it proves that you can go where the lift is. But badges prove
that you can plan in advance and execute a flight per that plan under a
stringent set of rules regardless of where the lift is.

You want to toot your own horn? Go fly under the cloud street. You
want the respect of your peers? Prove that you can follow in the steps
of the greats of soaring. Sure it's work but nothing worthwhile is easy.

Dan

On 3/31/2015 9:55 PM, Ramy wrote:
Terry,

Although technically your flight was not qualified according to the rules, you obviously had a better flight than the minimum requirements.
So if you are not satisfied with the complex strict rules, as I would be, just use OLC.
The badges were invented well before OLC as the only way one could have measured their progress. I believe now with OLC and the likes (Crosscountry.aero, skylines) badges are mostly obsolete and you can easily track, measure and document your progress with OLC. And if you still want to pre declare your tasks, you can do so with OLC BHC.

Ramy

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Dan Marotta

As a newer pilot, I have found the badge pursuit process an outstanding way to continue learning after getting your license.

The increasing level of difficulty and training required at each step proved invaluable. I was really happy for all that training the first time I had to landout. (And the second and the third)

A, B, C, Bronze, and Silver done - working on Gold this year!

Lou

Way to go, Lou!

On 4/1/2015 8:43 AM, MNLou wrote:
As a newer pilot, I have found the badge pursuit process an outstanding way to continue learning after getting your license.

The increasing level of difficulty and training required at each step proved invaluable. I was really happy for all that training the first time I had to landout. (And the second and the third)

A, B, C, Bronze, and Silver done - working on Gold this year!

Lou

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Dan Marotta

True, OLC makes it easy to score by just yoyoing in a cloud street without getting out of glide of your home airport, but it is up to the pilot to decide how far to push the boundary. Here in Central California we always try to push the boundary and not just run the cloud streets, we declare minimum tasks and try to fly much further.
And for those who want true pre declared tasks there is the BHC OLC which requires pre declaration.
Many of our accomplished XC pilots never bothered to apply for badges.

Ramy

On Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 12:56:31 PM UTC-4, Ramy wrote:
True, OLC makes it easy to score by just yoyoing in a cloud street without getting out of glide of your home airport, but it is up to the pilot to decide how far to push the boundary. Here in Central California we always try to push the boundary and not just run the cloud streets, we declare minimum tasks and try to fly much further.
And for those who want true pre declared tasks there is the BHC OLC which requires pre declaration.
Many of our accomplished XC pilots never bothered to apply for badges.

Ramy

Why not do both at the same time? The paperwork is straight forward and only slightly painful.

At 16:56 01 April 2015, Ramy wrote:
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Ramy

And if they visit Europe (and many other Countries), the lack of a Silver C
will mark them down as a "WOBBLY" and limit what they will be allowed to
fly/do.

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And if they visit Europe (and many other Countries), the lack of a Silver C
will mark them down as a "WOBBLY" and limit what they will be allowed to
fly/do.

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THAT's sort of the point I've been trying to make. Many operations
won't let you leave the immediate area of the airport unless you have at
least a Silver distance. If you have your own glider then do what you
want and have a great time.

Dan Marotta