I agree that we under-task - over to the task-setters!
Tom
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Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] harmonised turnpoint list
Hi Mike,
I agree entirely.
Re "girly men" tasks, having read this comment, I instantly sent your email to
the recycle bin. However I have now reconsidered and I would like your opinion,
given that (amazingly), competition tasking is one topic that does not seem to
have been discussed on this forum.
Let me stir the pot by first saying that Charles Day, a long time member of the
GCV, and an excellent pilot, was (is?) of the opinion that, in the main,
competition tasking is too conservative, and does not test the pilot at the
beginning of the day and at the end of the day. He therefore mostly did not
participate. However I can recall one occasion when he did compete in a
Nationals - pre Benalla Worlds(??) - and (I think), in the end gained an
overall second place.
Over to you.
Gary
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Borgelt"
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To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
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Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] harmonised turnpoint list
> Does it matter? If you have one giant list you have to edit it anyway to get
> it down to the places you use at any given site.
>
> If doing a badge, record or contest flight as long as you go to the actual
> declared place (use the same list for the declaration and the nav database)
> and have at least one GPS fix in sector you are OK.
>
> It simply doesn't even matter if the turnpoint is displaced from the physical
> feature with GPS flight recording. We could save a lot of anxiety by simply
> using a half degree grid of lat and long over the soaring areas. Goes even
> more so for AAT where you don't even go to a specific place anyway. Don't get
> me started on the stupidity of the current rules for the "girly men" task
> though.
>
> Mike
>
>
> At 12:03 PM 10/11/2012, you wrote:
>> Just to get those going who aren't gliding this weekend what are we or the
>> GFA doing/have done about producing a harmonised turn point list for the
>> whole of Australia? Eg Tocumwal uses Burrumbuttock and so does Temora and
>> Benalla and Burrumbuttock turns out to be in three different places, albeit
>> not by much. The UK has had a national harmonised list for years, why cant
>> we??
>> Ron
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