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Silver Badge Requirements and Planning for a Soaring Adventure in North Carolina

Explore the essentials for achieving a Silver Badge in gliding, including flight requirements, equipment, weather considerations, and lessons learned. Get ready for a thrilling cross-country aero tow retrieve experience at Ball Airport in North Carolina. Learn valuable insights and tips for successful soaring adventures.

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Silver Badge Requirements and Planning for a Soaring Adventure in North Carolina

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  1. Chasing Heinz McArthur North Carolina Soaring Association Feb 12, 2005

  2. Agenda • Silver Badge requirements • My Silver Distance flight • Planning • Equipment • Weather • The flight • Cross country aero tow retrieve • The paperwork (forms and documentation) • Ball Airport • Lessons learned

  3. Silver Badge Requirements

  4. Recording Requirements • FOR EACH TASK: • You need an Official Observer and a barograph or flight recorder. • An Official Observer is: • A member of the SSA, • Holds at least an SSA B Badge, and • Has a working knowledge of the FAI Sporting Code as it pertains to Gliders. • Release from tow at or below the maximum altitude permitted for the task... • Notch the barograph with the loss of a couple hundred feet, or mark the release from tow with a tight turn when using a flight recorder.

  5. Silver Distance Requirements • Minimum 50km (31.1 sm) distance • Release altitude <= 1% distance flown + elevation of finish point

  6. Example: Harnett Cty to Raleigh East

  7. Example: Harnett Cty to Ball Airport

  8. Planning • Weekday chosen to fly based on wx forecast • Minimum crew • 4000 ft required for x-c • Land-out plan • Flight plan • Straight out to landing • No declaration required • HRJ  Kennebec  5W5  Bagwell  9NC0 • Aero tow retrieve from Raleigh East

  9. Equipment • L-33 Solo • Peravia barograph w/seals • 1 qt bottle water • Cell phone • Awards application form • Charlotte sectional • Garmin GPSMap 196 mounted on panel • Casio E10 PDA w/Cambridge PocketNav (predecessor to GNII)

  10. First Launch 1900 ft msl release

  11. Date: 4/6/2004 Takeoff: 17:21 Landing: 19:51 Duration: 02:30 Low point: 2150ft High point: 4477ft

  12. Ball Airport Airport ID: 79NC 078-16-54.979W/36-08-03.539N Elevation: 366 ft Unicom: 122.8 Glider ops: 123.3 Runway 18/36 Runway Length: 2459 Runway Width: 40 (Narrow!) Surface Type: Asphalt Notes: Runway slopes up from South to North; normal glider launches to the South (RW 18), landings to the North (RW 36)

  13. X-C Aero Tow • Techniques • Tow plane • Glider

  14. Documentation • Barogram – or – GNSS FR log file • Barograph/GNSS FR calibration • 1 year/2 year – or – within 1 month of flight • Awards application form • Signed by OO, tow pilot, witnesses • If turnpoints used: • Flight Declaration • Photos

  15. Lessons Learned (or relearned) • Minimum silver distance (50 km) impractical for straight flight • Do you need 4000’ to head out? NO! • Do you need cu’s to fly x-c? NO! • Landing at new airfields • Land out rope • Photos • Hydration • PDA navigation/logging software • Persistence (and preparation) pays off

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