Junior Cross Country Prize

I am pleased to announce the Junior Cross Country Prize being offered by our Patron, Stow Kentish.

The prize has a value of $1,000.

Stow wants to encourage cross country performance by younger pilots, for flights from Darling Downs Soaring Club.

The event will run from 1st April 2010 to 31st March 2011.

Pilots must be under 30 years of age at 31st March 2011.

Pilots take their best flight from each of three 4-month periods, April to July 2010, August to November 2010, and December 2010 to March 2011.

The winner will have the highest cumulative score of up to three flights under the Online Competition Classic Scoring.

An Official Observer must verify the flight claim documentation. IGC-approved Flight Recorders must be used in accordance with the Sporting Code for Badges.

(Position recorders such as Flarm, FlywithCE and Garmin may not be used.)

Flights must take off from Darling Downs Soaring Club. Pilots may be members of any club in Australia. There is no requirement to make a flight in all three periods.

Flight claim procedure:

1. You need an Official Observer to verify that the flight recorder that is used in the claim was carried in your glider on the flight.
2. Your Official Observer may download the Flight Recorder or observe you doing so. You are strongly advised to download using the manufacturer’s software for your FR, as downloading with SeeYou and other ‘third party’ software can lead to errors in verification of log files. This is strictly in accordance with the Sporting Code rules for Badges.
3. No waypoint declaration is required but the pilots name and glider details must be correctly entered in the Flight Recorder. Take this as good training for Badge Flights.
4. The Official Observer signs your claim form to verify these details and to record the log file name, usually a .igc file.
5. Claim your flight through the Online Competition Website. This will provide the points scored for the flight. The flight must achieve a valid score. Validation of the IGC log file by the appropriate vali-*.exe program or in the IGC-shell program may be performed to confirm log file security.
6. Send a notification of your claim and the log file in .igc format (and any other format produced when downloading the flight such as .cai, .lxn,)  to Pam Kurstjens as soon as possible after the flight.
7. Claim forms will be available at DDSC and are available here.
8. Mail your signed claim for to Pam Kurstjens

Pam Kurstjens, President, Darling Downs Soaring Club