Xiff are you finish your new scenery?xiff wrote: I start monday a task of 2017km at 9am (gmt+1)
task :
Badges and Diplomas
Moderator: BOD1
Hi,
I found this task that can also be used for the silver badge. It might good to add it on the Badges and Diplomas page.
I found this task that can also be used for the silver badge. It might good to add it on the Badges and Diplomas page.
5 hours?
I don't know about the Condor version of Silver badges, but in real lifeBOD1 wrote:Unfortunately not:
Performances to accomplish in order to obtain silver badge:
* A flight on a straight course of at least 50 kilometers.
* A duration flight of at least 1 hour.
* A gain of height of at least 1000 meters.
the silver bagde reqires you to have a duration flight of 5 hours.
Details on ; http://www.fai.org/gliding/badges/
I am sure that BOD1 knows it very well , but I personally understand and support BOD1 decision - there is not so many people, which are able to fly with condor 5 hours (from health and family reason , not technical skill). If anybody is able to fly 2 hours in Condor, I am sure, he is also able to fly 5 > hours, it depends only on quality of his "back side"...
And in any case when you start flying the diplomas you will find yourself flying 5 hours quite often and even 7 and 9 hrs.
Most people in RL do the 5hrs on a ridge which is really not in the spirit of the test. The original test setters intended you to go on a long cross country and maybe collect a Gold distance at the same time. In RL I did my 5hr in thermals (our site had no ridge) and it was real battle in UK weather even on a good summer's day. I would have gone C/C but I wasn't checked out for it. I was the following day though!
Most people in RL do the 5hrs on a ridge which is really not in the spirit of the test. The original test setters intended you to go on a long cross country and maybe collect a Gold distance at the same time. In RL I did my 5hr in thermals (our site had no ridge) and it was real battle in UK weather even on a good summer's day. I would have gone C/C but I wasn't checked out for it. I was the following day though!
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