XC

This page supplements the Airfield Manual, in particular 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.

• BGA Turning Points
• BGA XC Ladder
• 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.
• SGU Flarm Report
• Sporting Code Section 3 - Edition 2022.pdf(329 KB)

• Evening Talks
• Thermal Task Setting

• CCE (Cross Country Endorsement) ground school course: session 1, session 2, session 3

• XCSoar and Airspace - slides from Kate Byrne's talk;
• Kate's How to download airspace

• SGC Trophies and rules
• Scottish Land-out Fields Database, 2020 version (.cup file)
• Scottish Land-out Fields Database, 2024 version (.cup file). Please see also these notes.
• Scottish Land-out Fields (2020) displayed on Google Maps

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 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 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!