Has anyone noticed that hardly any state soaring records have been claimed in Kentucky?
Under the rules for SSA State Soaring Records, the start point of a state record flight must be in the state where the record is claimed. Under the F.A.I. Soaring Code, the start point can be either the point of tow release, the center of a predeclared start line, or a way point declared as a start point. One could take off from an airport in one state, fly across a state border, and make a start there. In fact, in 1988 D. Winkel took off from an airport in Illinois, towed across the Wabash River, and released from tow over Indiana to make a 323.9 mile Indiana state free distance soaring record flight that still stands.
Lee Bottom airport is 96.5 nautical miles from Alexandria. This is probably a little too far for an 'official CISS away weekend' but we've been invited to bring some gliders down and fly this spring!
Here, as adopted by the board a few years ago, are the:
ReplyDeleteProcedures for taking CISS club gliders to other locations
1. The board has authority to issue a letter of permission to a
responsible club member to take a club glider away from the home airport
in order to fly it at another site. These rules are guidelines for the
exercise of that authority. The board has final authority to interpret
and apply these rules, and may waive certain rules or impose additional
conditions in its discretion.
2. These rules do not apply to scheduled CISS club 'away weekends' when
club activity is scheduled at another airport than the club's home base.
These rules do not apply when a member flies a club glider cross-country
to another airport. These rules do not apply when a club glider is taken
to another location for necessary repairs or maintenance. These rules
apply when a club member seeks advance permission to take a club glider
to another location overnight in order to fly it.
3. Only adults who are full club members with dues current will be
permitted to take club gliders away from the club's home airport
overnight. Application to take a club glider away for overnight must be
made in writing in the name of one responsible adult full member of the
club.
4. The application must disclose the names of anyone, other than club
members holding at least private glider ratings, who will be permitted
to serve as pilot in command of the glider while it is away. The
responsible club member must agree not to permit anyone who is not either
(a) a club member with at least a private pilot license,
(b) a person named on the application, or
(c) in the case of a two-seat glider, a CFIG familiar with the local
area where flying is to be done, while giving instruction to a club
member, or a student member of the club under supervision of a CFIG.
to serve as pilot in command of the glider.
5. A club member who requests permission to take a club glider to
another site to participate in an organized event, such as a contest,
wave camp, cross-country camp, must show the following:
(a) All members who will fly the glider in the event are qualified under
the rules of the event,
(b) All members who will fly the glider in the event must demonstrate
adequate qualifications to the CISS board in its discretion, including
adequate training or experience in cross-country flying.
(c) The requirements of event entry, including insurance, have been or
will be met before the glider is flown at the other flying site.
6. The club members who fly the glider while it is away from the home
airport must log the flight hours, and number and location of all
launches and landings, and report them to the treasurer upon their
return. The club members who fly the glider while it is away will be
billed the regular hourly rate for any flying they do. If the total
amount of the bill for all flying is less than the minimum charge
described below, the responsible club member will be billed for the
difference.
7. Minimum charge. When the board finds in advance that other club
members may be deprived of flying opportunities by the absence of a club
glider, the board may impose a minimum charge for taking club gliders
while away from the home airport as a condition of taking the glider
away. The following guidelines are suggested: From November to March, no
minimum charge. From April to October, for each Saturday or Sunday away
from the home airport, a minimum charge equal to three hours rental of
the glider. For each Friday or Monday away from the home airport, a
minimum charge equal to two hours rental of the glider. If unfavorable
weather or other factors substantially prevent flying at the home
airport during the absence of the glider, the board may consider waiving
part or all of the minimum charge.
8. Trailer. The club will pay to keep club trailers licensed and will
try to keep all club trailers roadworthy. Final responsibility for
making sure that a trailer is in good working order and suitable for the
purpose of hauling and retrieving the glider safely, and making sure
that legal requirements for trailer operation are met, rests with the
member taking the trailer to another site. The member taking a trailer
to another site has the responsibility of inspecting the trailer and
making sure that all equipment is in good working order. The board may,
in its discretion, impose a charge for trailer mileage to and from the
other flying site.
9. Weekends. Requests to take club gliders away from the home airport
for consecutive weekends may be granted if the responsible member can
show that other club members will not be substantially deprived of the
opportunity to fly because of the absence of the glider, or that the
club will benefit from the presence of the club glider at the other
flying site. Factors to consider include the number and type of gliders
remaining for members' use at the home airport, the time of year, the
nature of the event to which the member seeks permission to take the
glider, such as a national competition, cross-country training or wave
camp, and the likelihood that multiple qualified club members will
attend and potentially fly the glider at the other site.
10. Club gliders must be operated only in compliance with the Federal
Aviation Regulations, the certificates of airworthiness, and any other
applicable law.
11. It is the responsible club member's duty to ensure that the club
glider is not damaged during assembly, disassembly, and ground handling,
including while tied down or while on a trailer. In outlandings,
responsibility for securing the aircraft rests with the pilot in
command. Responsibility for performing a positive control check before
each flight rests with the pilot in command.
12. It is the responsible club member's duty to return the glider to the
home airport on time and to have it ready for use the next flying day.