Flight entry confusion
20/04/07 12:05
There's been a bit of confusion recently as to the
requirements and minimum distance for entering
flights into the Avon league. In a nutshell it's as
follows: if you want to submit a flight other than a
straightforward open distance flight (ie. no
turnpoints) then the minimum distance (before any
multiplication factors - ie. three for an FAI
triangle) is 15km and you must submit a GPS tracklog.
For open distance flights the minimum distance is 5km
and there is no requirement to submit a tracklog
(though you're welcome to of course).
As to how to submit your tracklog, you need a piece of software called GpsDump which will download your tracklog from your GPS and optimise your flight eeking out the maximum distance. Full details on the pgcomps.org.uk website here.
As to how to submit your tracklog, you need a piece of software called GpsDump which will download your tracklog from your GPS and optimise your flight eeking out the maximum distance. Full details on the pgcomps.org.uk website here.
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Salisbury Plain Danger Area local agreement
19/04/07 16:26
We have recently reached an agreement with the Senior
Army Air Operations Officer Salisbury Plain, which
allows us to clip the far westernmost part of the
danger area. Read the full details here.
The wrong site - part 2...
19/04/07 14:39
Well at least I'm not the only one to go to the wrong
site, at at least no one at Pandy did any xcs apart
from short ridge runs. Yesterday the Avon skyvers
spent the day on the ground at Leckhampton suffering
spreadout and wind shifts, only to discover that the
world and their dogs had flown from Combe Gibbet to
the coast, some as far as Brighton! Oh well, that
makes me feel a bit better :-)
The wrong site...
14/04/07 14:36
Previous years added...
13/04/07 00:57
Westbury danger area
12/04/07 09:14
And the Easter Cup winner is...
12/04/07 09:11
A cracking Easter!
10/04/07 08:39
Looking good for Easter?
05/04/07 22:33
Remember those hot summer days of last year? No, well
nor do I...! But hopefully spring is here at last and
we can look forward to some decent flying and maybe
even a few cross country flights over the Easter
weekend. But do remember, it’s been a long winter
with little flying so please take care on those first
few flights and don’t let your frustration at not
flying for months tempt you into flying when the
conditions are marginal.
New site design
05/04/07 15:09