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Mark James Boyd wrote:
So does the Contest ID identify the person or the sailplane? If the glider is destroyed or sold, does the ID holder get to move the ID number onto a different glider? In the USA, you can show up at any SSA sanctioned contest with any contest ID you like. If another pilot has the same ID, the pilot with it registered with SSA gets to use it, and the other pilot has to change his, usually with some colored tape (say, MB into 1MB). No biggie. The SSA has a policy on how long the ID is assigned to you: basically, use it in contests or lose it. They won't make you take it off your glider. The "problem", if there is one, comes not from the SSA, but from pilots who've become very attached to their ID, and resent it when someone else uses it, even if they are on the other coast and flying in a different class. Others don't care and have gliders all over the country with the same ID, since they didn't bother to remove it when they sell a glider. I've sold 3 gliders with 6A on them, but haven't ever encountered them at a contest. The one in Canada doesn't have the 6A on it anymore, but I don't know about the others. The two gliders I bought new, I got the registration number to agree with the ID (N226A and N326A). -- ----- change "netto" to "net" to email me directly Eric Greenwell Washington State USA |
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It was decided to retain the under wing ID,
so that other pilots could see just *who* they were flying with In that case the ID should be painted on the top, as well, to make it fair Bob |
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It was decided to retain the under wing ID, so that other pilots could see just *who* they were flying with In that case the ID should be painted on the top, as well, to make it fair If you do it right, they will all be below you. Gary, check my gear doors, I think they might be open a pinch. JJ Sinclair |
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