Fwd: Contest And Airspace Violations

[Brian Nightingale]

Contest Pilots response to airspace violations .

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From: Henry Retting <Unknown>
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 3:32:25 AM UTC-4
Subject: Re: Contest And Airspace Violations
To: Soaring Aviators Repository <Unknown>

Bobby, your bloviating is one sided reminding me of the tactics used by the most liberal like your girlfriends Pelosi and Omar with a lot of Maxine Waters layered in. You failed to include all the action administered by the Contest Staff or the FAA. Stay with what you know like Club Operations, Membership growth, Youth participation,  and mangoes. 

All SSA sanctioned Competitions follow established U.S. Part 121 FAR Carrier Operations Protocols and Procedures when a FAR violation has occurred. There is no higher Standard. 

I would not expect you to know this because you do not Race. 

Henry Retting 

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Life 1973

On Friday, March 27, 2026 at 10:26:32 PM UTC-4 Brian Nightingale wrote:

Any flight computer , including the free ones like xcsoar and Lk8000 are screaming at you and tell you how far above , below or horizontally from airspace . I agree , that there’s really no excuse . More than likely, it’s broken because of ultra competitive behavior, pushing it to the edge and over it . Not a good way to aviator

On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 9:51 AM Bob Youngblood <youngbl...@gmail.com> wrote:

Once again Class B airspace and Class D have been violated in Florida during the recent and ongoing contest . Is this something new, why heck no, it is just a continuation of a yearly event. Airspace  violations are serious and create problems for the aviation community and how these incursions are handled by the SSA contest committee is lacking in good judgement. Ok, so a pilot violates class B and the  penalty is a a loss of points  and he or she is back in the saddle again the next day. This has occurred many times in Florida, there is no excuse. Today we have  instruments that not only show you where airspaces are located and they also have voice over telling you about the proximity of airspace in comparison to your location. Making the excuse of, " It Was Just A Small Incursion', is a poor justification of the violation. Kind of like saying, my daughter is just a little pregnant, no such thing! The violators should be removed from the contest for the remainder of the event. Our club has worked very close with the FAA in regard to local airspace, we have been one off the most proactive clubs in the country that has a letter of agreement that notifies Class D and WPB  approach informing them of our glider activity. The agreement works well for all and increases safety for all. Violation of airspace is a serious violation, nothing to be frowned upon. The SSA should handle violations more serious, your opinions are certainly welcome. 

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