1-26 Association
Cross-Country Soaring Sweepstakes Rules
The
Cross-Country Sweepstakes Program is sponsored by the 1-26 Association, a
Division of the Soaring Society of America.
This is a North American program with winners awarded in three Divisions
of the 1-26 Association: Eastern, Central and Western Divisions. Refer to the 1-26 Association Log or the
1-26 Association web site for a map that defines the Divisions.
Eligibility
Pilots
must be members of the 1-26 Association.
Membership applications and dues may accompany the Sweepstakes Flight
Report Form.
The Sweepstakes Program includes three pilot
Categories based upon the experience level of the pilot as of January 1 of the
Sweepstakes year.
Bronze: Pilots with less than
Silver Badge.
Silver: Pilots with Silver Badge,
but less than Gold Badge.
Gold: Pilots with Gold Badge
or better.
1.
All
flights shall be made in a Schweizer 1-26
2.
A
qualifying flight must be at least 50 km (31.07 miles).
3.
Flights
must originate in the Division for which the claim is made. The pilot does not
have to be a resident of the Division.
4.
Qualifying
flights may be straight-line distance flights or distance achieved around turn
points.
5.
Flights
submitted for the Sweepstakes year may be made from January 1 through December
31 in the Sweepstakes year.
6.
Flight
claims must be postmarked or E-Mailed by January 10 following the Sweepstakes
year.
7.
Flights around turn points need not be closed course flights. Turn points need not be declared before the
flight. The number of turn points is not limited, but no turn point may be used
more than once. No turn point may be
less than 10 km (6.21miles) from any other turn point or from the start point.
8.
Flights made as part of the 1-26 Championships are not eligible.
Flight Documentation Rules
1. Verification and certification of the flight shall be accomplished by a
Sweepstakes Observer (SO) who can be an SSA Official Observer, a member in good
standing of the 1-26 Association, or the fixed base operator of a soaring
site. The SO will review the
documentation, verify to his satisfaction that the documentation listed below
is correct, and will certify the flight by signing the Flight Report Form.
4. The flight documentation may be mailed or e-mailed to the
Sweepstakes Manager. If emailed, the Flight Report
Form shall be submitted as an attached Microsoft Word document. All blocks of
the form must be filled out. The telephone number and name of the Sweepstakes
Observer shall be provided in lieu of the SOs signature. The Sweepstakes Manager will verify the
findings of the SO by telephone.
Photographic Documentation Rules
Documentation to be submitted with the Flight
Report Form shall include developed photographs, not negatives, using a mounted
camera showing the take-off area including the wing tip of the glider flown,
and turn points in the sequence flown. An additional photo shall be taken in
the landing area that includes the tail number or N number of the glider flown
and any prominent feature of the surrounding landscape. This photo is not required if a landing witness
signs the Flight Report Form. The photographs shall be annotated by the SO with
the film sequence information on the back of each photograph including turn
point name, turn point number, film sequence number and the initials of the SO.
The Sweepstakes Observer shall certify the
flight by signing the Flight Report Form. In certifying the flight using
Photographic Documentation the SO shall verify the following:
A. The photos were taken
during the claimed flight, the photos verify that the turn points were made in
the sequence claimed and that the turn point photos were taken from within the
FAI Observation Zone.
B.
The
coordinates submitted for the start point, landing point and each turn point
are accurate and meet the Flight Qualifying Rules.
C.
The
coordinates for the landing site are consistent with the photograph taken after
landing or the landing witness statement.
D.
Flight
Distances submitted with the claim are accurate.
GPS Documentation Rules
Documentation for GPS
documented flights shall include the Flight Report Form and the track log flight
data. Track log data may be submitted
as printed maps illustrating the flight in sufficient detail to verify that the
turn points were achieved, or via e-mail or mailed disks with data from a GPS
receiver. Flight data submitted on disk
or via e-mail must be in a format
suitable for downloading to the SeeYou flight analysis program, as well as the
phone number and name of the SO for verification purposes. This includes, but is not limited to, the
IGC or Garmin formats.
The Sweepstakes Observer
shall certify the flight by signing or providing a phone number on the Flight
Record form. In certifying the flight,
the SO shall verify the following:
A.
The
flight data track log was downloaded under his/her control.
B.
The
coordinates submitted for the start point, turn points and landing point are
accurate and meet the requirements of the Flight Qualifying Rules.
C.
Each
turn point represents a distinct and easily recognizable landmark that might
also serve as a photo turn point.
D.
The
track log clearly indicates that the flight entered the FAI Observation Zone of
each turn point.
B.
The
winning pilot in each Category and Division will be the pilot with the largest
accumulated distance in five or fewer flights.
In the case that more than five flights are submitted over the course of
a year, the longest five flights
submitted will be scored