Carl P earns his FAI Silver badge

From two separate flights, Carl earned his FAI Silver badge this season at RVSS. One flight qualified for distance and height-gain, the other for duration. The performances were recognized in the Fall 2013 edition of Free Flight magazine. This is a significant achievement for Carl and for the club, which has not minted a new Silver pilot for probably over 15 years. The FAI can take part of the blame/credit for this. Rules for Silver and Gold badges were recently changed, finally accepting GPS altitude from selective, inexpensive Flight Recorders - with an error margin - to be part of the claim.

Congratulations to Carl P, awarded #FAIgliding SILVER BADGE #1075 for flying further than 50kms, gaining more than 1000m, longer than 5hours

— RideauValley Soaring (@rvssca) October 22, 2013