SSA blog - General News

Butterfly Avionics Vario v1.0.6 (1347) and later acceptable for USA competitions

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:38:00 MST

Please see this document for conditions.

John Godfrey (QT)Rules Committee Chair

2014 and 2015 Nationals Contest Schedule

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:50:00 MST

6/10/2014 - 6/19/2014   18 Meter Nationals               Minden, NV
6/24/2014 - 7/3/2014   15 Meter/Open Class Nationals       Montague, CA
6/25/2014 - 7/4/2014   Standard Class Nationals       Hobbs, NM
7/15/2014 - 7/24/2014   Sports Class Nationals               Midlothian, TX

6/24/2015 - 7/3/2015   Sports Class Nationals               Waynesville, OH
7/26/2015 - 8/4/2015   Standard and 15 Meter Nationals   Elmira, NY

John Godfrey (QT)
Rules Commettee Chair

2013 Competition Rules Published

Mon, 4 Mar 2013 07:18:00 MST

The US Competition Rules for 2013 have been posted on the Rules and Process page of the SSA website.

You can access the rules directly via these links:

National FAI Class

National Sport Class

Regional FAI Class

Regional Sport Class

Thanks to all who provided suggestions during 2012, participated in the opinion poll and provided feedback during comment period.

There are no changes from the summary of changes published earlier.

For the committee,
John Godfrey, Chair

Rules Committee Chairman Retirement

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:46:00 MST

John Godfrey has been elected as Chairman of the SSA Rules Committee by the committee members following Hank Nixon's recent decision to retire from the Committee and its chairmanship. A huge thanks to Hank for his many many years of outstanding leadership on the Rules Committee and contributions to competition soaring.

Ken Sorenson
SSA Contest Committee Chairman

Final Draft of 2013 Competition Rules Changes

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:51:00 MST

Thanks to all who provided feedback during the comment period (which ended January 18). Small revisions have been made to the proposed changes and will be submitted to the SSA BOD for approval at the February 23rd meeting.

The revised document detailing the changes is available here.

For the committee,
John Godfrey (QT)