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Does anyone use the Club Class?
Does any country run competitions in the IGC Club Class?
USA does not. We have the Sports Class, which allows any glider to enter, and another Sports Class (called, locally, the Club Class) which uses a restricted list of gliders that is different from the IGC Club Class list. In another thread, in response to a question about inclusion of the PW-5, Andreas said: "Sure - the only limit to CLub Class in Germany at the moment is the upper limit of 106 for the index." which makes me think that Germany doesn't run any IGC Club Class competitions. And then Martin reacted to Andreas by saying "Its the same in the UK...", which gives me the same impression about the UK. Three major gliding countries that don't use the IGC Club Class. It makes me wonder if anybody does. -Pat |
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Does anyone use the Club Class?
It's like asking if any country uses the metric system of measurement!
All of them but the USA. Jim On Jan 28, 8:56*am, Pat Russell wrote: Does any country run competitions in the IGC Club Class? USA does not. * |
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Does anyone use the Club Class?
On Jan 28, 9:07*am, JS wrote:
It's like asking if any country uses the metric system of measurement! * All of them but the USA. Jim On Jan 28, 8:56*am, Pat Russell wrote: Does any country run competitions in the IGC Club Class? USA does not. * The metric system was invented by the French. It's a matter of national pride. |
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Does anyone use the Club Class?
On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:56:08 -0800 (PST), Pat Russell
wrote: Does any country run competitions in the IGC Club Class? Yup... In another thread, in response to a question about inclusion of the PW-5, Andreas said: "Sure - the only limit to CLub Class in Germany at the moment is the upper limit of 106 for the index." which makes me think that Germany doesn't run any IGC Club Class competitions. Well... actually Germany does. In fact, Club Class is by far the most popular class in Germany. Here's the list of qualification competitions for the German nationals: http://www.daec-segelflug.de/quali/i...on=wbw_lst.php Please compare the sheer number of Club Class competitions to other classes. Three major gliding countries that don't use the IGC Club Class. It makes me wonder if anybody does. I think you got it wrong... Here's the link to the Club Class World gliding championchips 2009: http://www.wgcrieti.it/ Check out the nations that took part... Bye Andreas |
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Does anyone use the Club Class?
On 28 Jan, 16:56, Pat Russell wrote:
Does any country run competitions in the IGC Club Class? USA does not. *We have the Sports Class, which allows any glider to enter, and another Sports Class (called, locally, the Club Class) which uses a restricted list of gliders that is different from the IGC Club Class list. In another thread, in response to a question about inclusion of the PW-5, Andreas said: "Sure - the only limit to CLub Class in Germany at the moment is the upper limit of 106 for the index." which makes me think that Germany doesn't run any IGC Club Class competitions. And then Martin reacted to Andreas by saying "Its the same in the UK...", which gives me the same impression about the UK. Three major gliding countries that don't use the IGC Club Class. *It makes me wonder if anybody does. -Pat Just about every country in the World runs Club Class competitions, except for the US. It's one of the most popular and highly competitive national competition in the UK. But then the USA insists on using imperial measurements, and even their gallons are different to the UK ones. Shows the effects of isolationism. Most countries have gone metric, and we have been buying motor fuel in litres for years in the UK. Derek Copeland |
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Does anyone use the Club Class?
On Jan 28, 11:15*am, delboy wrote:
On 28 Jan, 16:56, Pat Russell wrote: Does any country run competitions in the IGC Club Class? USA does not. *We have the Sports Class, which allows any glider to enter, and another Sports Class (called, locally, the Club Class) which uses a restricted list of gliders that is different from the IGC Club Class list. In another thread, in response to a question about inclusion of the PW-5, Andreas said: "Sure - the only limit to CLub Class in Germany at the moment is the upper limit of 106 for the index." which makes me think that Germany doesn't run any IGC Club Class competitions. And then Martin reacted to Andreas by saying "Its the same in the UK...", which gives me the same impression about the UK. Three major gliding countries that don't use the IGC Club Class. *It makes me wonder if anybody does. -Pat Just about every country in the World runs Club Class competitions, except for the US. It's one of the most popular and highly competitive national competition in the UK. But then the USA insists on using imperial measurements, and even their gallons are different to the UK ones. Shows the effects of isolationism. Most countries have gone metric, and we have been buying motor fuel in litres for years in the UK. Derek Copeland- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The US tried to go metric in the early '80s.... No one cared.. it wasn't a big deal...it didn't work. It's not like no one here uses it.... it's everywhere. US..isolationist? |
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Does anyone use the Club Class?
Here in the US, we are slowly inching towards metric....
The US tried to go metric in the early *'80s.... No one cared.. it wasn't a big deal...it didn't work. It's not like no one here uses it.... it's everywhere. *US..isolationist? |
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Does anyone use the Club Class?
On Jan 28, 1:22*pm, Jody wrote:
Here in the US, we are slowly inching towards metric.... yes, but at a very metered pace... Brad |
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Does anyone use the Club Class?
It might not be that way furlong.
Jim On Jan 28, 1:31*pm, Brad wrote: On Jan 28, 1:22*pm, Jody wrote: Here in the US, we are slowly inching towards metric.... yes, but at a very metered pace... Brad |
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Does anyone use the Club Class?
Here in the US, we are slowly inching towards metric....
yes, but at a very metered pace... Brad here we have: flying speed in knots driving speed kilometers/hours vertical speed feet/minutes flying distance in nautical miles driving distance in kilometers fuel capacity in liters fuel consumption gallon per hours please do not inch towards anything different, even at metered pace!!! I just got used to the systems and finally they work just fine!!! |
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