====== XC ======

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This page supplements the [[:airfieldmanual:manual|Airfield Manual]], in particular [[:airfieldmanual:d._cross_country_flying|D. Cross Country Flying]]. Following are a list of links that might be of use to XC pilots. Some of these links are also in other parts of the Airfield Manual.

===== Links and Resources =====

  * [[http://www.newportpeace.co.uk/turningpoints.htm|BGA Turning Points]]
  * [[https://www.bgaladder.net/DailyScores/Enquiry|BGA XC Ladder]]
  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20050310013817/http://www.ssa.org/Magazines/Johnson.asp|Dick Johnson's articles on glider performance]]. NB Some are a little dated, on glider performance, and the SSA have now made these articles available to members only so this page is provided via the Wayback Machine internet archive engine.
  * [[https://members.gliding.co.uk/library/safety/sgu-flarm-report/|SGU Flarm Report]]
  * [[https://www.fai.org/sites/default/files/sc3_2022.pdf|Sporting Code Section 3 - Edition 2022.pdf(329 KB)]]

  * [[:evening_talks:start|Evening Talks]]
  * [[:xc:tasksetting:start|Thermal Task Setting]]

  * CCE (Cross Country Endorsement) ground school course: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzHbICPuJnk|session 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLJd0dyVjII|session 2]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hJw25A1j6c|session 3]]

  * [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/18TFl8d2H89-GFzF9RvsWst80AajIPbED/view|XCSoar and Airspace]] - slides from Kate Byrne's talk;
  * [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z2kRtSSRMu0329U2_rp2h9RQNYC99ude/view?usp=sharing|Kate's How to download airspace]]

  * {{:xc:trophytaskdetails.pdf|SGC Trophies and rules}}
  * {{:xc:scot_fields_04_20v1.cup|Scottish Land-out Fields Database, 2020 version}}  (.cup file)
  * {{:xc:scot_fields_2024.cup|Scottish Land-out Fields Database, 2024 version}}  (.cup file). Please see also these {{:xc:scot_fields_2024_notes.pdf|notes}}.
  * [[https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1L8bmgjSGdcOo-TlII8Rb9AEbTqUtc1E&ll=57.17914637728975%2C-4.628200000000004&z=8|Scottish Land-out Fields (2020) displayed on Google Maps]]


==== Are you a JEDI? ====

Thanks go to Sant for the excellent name (Just Eff**ing Do It!). A JEDI is a qualified cross country pilot who hasn't yet done their Silver Distance (50k) or someone who hasn't flown a glider more than 50k away from Portmoak in the past three years but maybe wants to get back into XC. There is a JEDI ladder for Portmoak pilots on the [[https://bgaladder.net/|BGA National Ladder page]] and a trophy for the winner at the SGC annual awards dinner.

Thanks to David Dodds, there is a list of {{:xc:jedi_tps.cup|JEDI turning points}}, which are recognisable land marks fairly close to Portmoak, so new JEDIs can practice their skills with mini-tasks before venturing further afield. Just add these to your existing turning points list. If you fly a JEDI task, don't forget to put it on the Ladder!