Requirements To Join GTA

Requirements to join us:

1. Have access to a glider that you can to bring to our meets. Actually many partners team fly their glider (alternating pilots), club ships are allowed. You do not even need to bring the same one to each race, we just use a different handicap number when Francois brings his PW-5 or his ASW-27. Present proof of ownership of the sailplane, or permission of the owner to fly the sailplane in the competition.

2. Register: mail both Waiver & Registration Form (print it, cut and paste the text into your word processor, OR to copy to your hard disk right-click on it to "save link as") to the address shown on the registration form. $22 suggested donation per year [toward trophies and other costs] gets you a season of flying and a chance at a trophy. [All funds are used to cover costs of our events and season - the GTA is a nonprofit organization].

3 Payment Options:

1. Pay the annual donation via this Paypal link
2. Logon to paypal on your own and Pay the annual donation via PayPal to:
3. Mail a check to Tim's Address as shown on the registration form

3. If you have SPOT GPS tracker please register with the SSA Sailplane Tracker.
4. Cross Country Skills & Experience, Enough where you feel confident of your decision making and landout skills, and have earned the SSA Silver badge, etc... You are responsible for your own safety.
5. Proof of insurance for the sailplane, with a minimum coverage of $1,000,000 per occurrence for bodily injury and property damage liability.
6. Valid FAA Private or Commercial Glider Pilot Certificate (or the equivalent from another country) [student certificate is not sufficient].
7. Parachute packed within 180 days.
8. Read the current SSA Sports Class Regional Rules.

9. As of 2003 we require 100% GPS scoring so some type of GPS is needed to produce a valid .igc file. The .igc file can come from either a secure logger or simply from any GPS which can be connected to a PC or PDA [insecure logger]. There are several low cost ways to do this. If you have a laptop, you can create a valid .igc file from any Garmin GPS with the  SeeYou, Strepla or the free G7ToWin program. You can then transfer the file to a diskette or memory card and give to the scorer. Also if you have a PDA, you can use the G7ToCE program available at the same site and hand the memory card to the scorer. If you'd like a more capable flight computer type of program which can record the flight from almost any GPS with a PDA try Winpilot, Glide Navigator II, GPS_LOG, SeeYou Mobile, PocketStrepla, flyWithCE,  XCSoar.
10. A Fun and SAFE attitude.

The Unwritten Rules
For any sport, the rules that aren't written can be as important as those that are. Here is a brief list of the things you should be trying to achieve in soaring competition, in decreasing order of importance. The first four should be considered mandatory on every flight.
* Don't endanger people on the ground
* Don't endanger other pilots
* Don't endanger yourself
* Don't endanger your glider
* Learn from the flight
* Enjoy the flight
* Score well

Note: All pilots that participate in GTA events do so at their own risk, are expected to make their own decisions, assume full responsibility for their actions, follow all applicable regulations and common sense. Participation is completely voluntary and can be declined at any time.