Mike Cleaver wrote:
Before you say thing like that can I suggest, as one who writes these laws, that you have a good look at what gliders are actually allowed to do in the context of CAO 95.4 - viz
- ridge soaring (not over a built-up area) without being constrained by the 500 ft rule that applies to aeroplanes
- finishes in approved competitions within a radius of the finish line, PROVIDED not less than 50 ft clear of obstacles,
The funny thing about these rules is that it lets you do a thing in a specific circumstance. Someone new to competitions turns up at an APPROVED competition and they are allowed to do 'low' finishes, in with other traffic doing the same, perhaps, as well as tired, hot, possibly even slightly dehydrated. So turn up to a comp to do a low finish for the first time. That's legal BUT it seems to be technically illegal to practice low finishes at your home field because the rules don't accommodate that. This helps safety? Or am I off with the fairies?
Anyway, an APPROVED competition is one that is approved in writing by CASA. Does this really happen? Nationals? State comps? Club regattas?
Leigh Bunting Colonel Light Gardens South Australia <Open Windows and let the bugs in>
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