Cross Country Tasks to try from Saltby
Here are some tasks to try, they are a mixture of 'traditional' fixed tasks, comprising a pre-determined number of turn points, or 'Enterprise' style tasks, which allow more pilot decision making on route. Which ever type of task you fly, make sure you have checked Notams for any airspace restrictions!
Extended Local Soaring Task - 42km! This task is designed to allow pilot to practice all aspects of flying cross country whilst minimising the risk of an outlanding. The task involves making a valid start, navigating to 4 different turn points and a final glide back to Saltby. In blue conditions, you can see which ground sources work best (small villages? brown fields? solar farms?). If there is some streeting, try and fly the leg that is most aligned with the streets, without turning! Keep a watchful eye on your height above Saltby to ensure you can get back. Fly multiple laps and work out why your fastest lap was the fastest one. An ideal task for getting used to new instruments, gliders or navigation equipment, but please keep a really good look out, there could be others flying the same task or in the same area! |
100k Club Triangles This is one of the club 100km triangles, suitable for a BGA 100km diploma. The two turn points are Newark (NWK) and Skeffington (SKE). You will need to declare the flight and fly it according to BGA badge rules. An alternative triangle is to use Crowland Airfiled (CRL) and Melton Mobray (MET) for a 105km triangle. If you want to fly these for fun, you are allowed to count them as declared flights on the BGA ladder, even if you have not declared them, as they have been nominated as 'club tasks'. Remember that for badge flights, the start line is a 1Km line (0.5km radius) !
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300k Club Triangle This is one of many 300km flights possible from Saltby and your primary choice of a task should be based on Notams and weather! IF this flight makes sense once you have checked both of these then it is a valid 300km triangle for you to fly and enjoy! The task, from Saltby (SBY) to Caxton Gibbet (CAX) to Morton in the Marsh (MOR), is 305km. The leg between MOR and SBY has airspace limitations on the maximum height you can climb to, so many pilots choose not to 'cut the corner' but rather fly back along the second leg (CAX - MOR) and take advantage of any higher cloud bases, without the airspace limitations. Remember to check the current airspace restrictions on your up-to-date chart and to adjust your altimeter or 'PDA' to correctly give you a flight level (FL) reading.
Three Legged Race This is another 'Enterprise' style task, consisting of 3 legs, north, south and east, each leg has 6 BGA turn points at distances between 7km and 116km away from Saltby. The task is to fly down one or more leg, to any of the 6 TPs, and then fly back to within 2km of Saltby (SBY) and then, if you wish, do the same down another of the legs. The minimium task would be to turn the closest TP (CSW) and return to SBY, scoring 14km (7km out and return), the maximum would be to turn the furthest TP on each leg (returning to within 2km of SBY each time) for a total of 680km! You can decide which TP to turn and which legs to do whilst you are flying. CHECK NOTAMS before you fly, to make sure there are not airspace issues either on-route or at the chosen turnpoints and then adapt the turn points to avoid these restrictions! About a third of the way down each leg is a gliding club, to help minimise the chance of a field landing. Have fun!