The AHGA's XC Contest 2009

Distance Basic Points

• Distance points come from XC flying ONLY.
• Hang glider flights get 1 point per mile.
• Paraglider flights get 1.5 points per mile.

Distance Bonus Points

• 100 Points for any pilot who never broke 25 miles and finally does.
• 50 Points for flights over 25 miles.
• 100 Points for flights over 50 miles.
• 300 Points for flights over 100 miles.

Distance Record Points

• 100 Points will be given for each 2009 site record.
• 300 Points will be given for any new site record.

Airtime Points

• All flights (XC, LZ, bailout) will earn the pilot points.
• 1.X points per minute, where X is the number of hours you flew.

Driver Points

• Registered pilots earn points for driving XC retrieve.
• Drivers get 1 point per mile per pilot picked up.

So let's make up a pretend flight and see how it scores. Billy is a hang glider pilot who never flew XC. He gets lucky and cracks out 30 miles in 2 hours and 10 minutes from Mingus on March 1st. His friend Charlie, who happens to be an accomplished XC pilot, knocks out 35 and boats around a bit: he flies for 2 and a half hours. Their friend Sally didn't think it would be good that day so she offered to drive retrieve.

Billy and Charlie know the contest rules, so they play it smart: Billy logs his flight first. Billy gets:

• 30 points for his 30 miles.
• 100 points for having his first "over 25" flight.
• 50 points for breaking 25 miles.
• 100 points for having the 2009 Mingus record.
• 156 points for his airtime.
• 436 total points!

Now Charlie logs his flight. Charlie gets:

• 35 points for his 35 miles.
• 50 points for breaking 25 miles.
• 100 points for having the 2009 Mingus record.
• 180 points for his airtime.
• 365 total points!

Both Billy and Charlie logged Sally as the driver. Sally gets:

• 30 points for Billy's 30 miles.
• 35 points for Charlie's 35 miles.
• 65 total points!

Oh and check this out: if you fly 101 miles you get the "over 100" bonus only - not "over 25" and "over 50" and "over 100". Each flight can only get one "over XX" bonus is what we're saying here.