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Simplifying the IGC Sporting Code for Gliding

At the 2013 IGC Plenary Meeting in Papendal the Sporting Code Committee put forward a discussion paper suggesting that it was time to make a radical revision of the Sporting Code for Gliding. This was accepted and the Committee has now begun the work to achieve this.

Tennessee Badge and Record Bonanza

Tennessee State SSA Recordkeeper, Linwood Stevenson reports that Wednesday, April 11th was a banner day for glider pilots flying from Knoxville’s Downtown Island Airport (KDKX). “We had three very nice flights out of Knoxville’s Downtown Island Airport on Wednesday. The Clinch ridge was working northbound, so we had two locals and an Atlanta pilot fly…