Barron Hilton Cup
The Barron Hilton Cup (BHC) (since 2011 Barron Hilton Challenge ) was a global gliding competition . It is flown out decentrally, i.e. each participant sets his / her competition task (s) himself.
The BHC was founded in 1981 by Barron Hilton , who was an active glider pilot for many decades, and the three-time glider world champion Helmut Reichmann . The competition takes place over a period of two years. The official sponsor of the competition is the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS).
In May 2009, Barron Hilton announced that the competition will be held from March 15, 2009 to March 14, 2010 for the last time in 28 years. From 2011 the competition will continue under the name Barron Hilton Challenge .
Course of competition
The organization of the competition takes place on the website of the online contest . The current evaluation results are available there.
Only completely flown triangles with a minimum flight distance of 400 km are included in the evaluation as competition tasks. This task, created by the pilot himself, must have been entered in the logger before the flight . Only loggers approved by the International Gliding Commission (IGC) may be used.
If the triangle does not meet the conditions of the FAI , 12.5% of the points achieved will be deducted. These conditions describe an approximately expansive triangle , sharp triangles are not counted. The pilot receives one point for every kilometer flown on the task. The number of points is corrected with the handicap factor of the aircraft (the aircraft index).
With the help of the handicap factor, the pilot's performance is related to the aircraft performance data. This factor is between 50 and 140 . The points achieved are divided accordingly by a value between 0.5 and 1.4 . A (very) bad glider is worth 50 , so it doubles the points scored.
Each pilot can register as many flights as he wants over the evaluation period of two years. Only the flight with the highest point is counted. A pilot is only allowed to report flights in the region in which he has his permanent residence . The flight data recorded in the logger must have been transferred to the online contest no later than seven days after the flight took place .
If there is a tie within a day, the pilot with the earlier arrival time wins the day. If this distinction does not work either, a coin is tossed .
In the event of a dispute, the decision of the competition director is binding. The competition begins on March 15th of an odd year and ends two years later on March 14th.
The evaluation takes place worldwide in five regions:
- Region 1: Europe and Asia
- Region 2: East America and Canada
- Region 3: West America , Central and South America
- Region 4: Australia and Africa
- Region 5: Japan and New Zealand
In Region 1 (from which most of the participants come), the rating is divided into five competition classes according to the competition rules of the German Aero Club :
In a region / aircraft class, the winner is whoever has achieved the highest number of points over the evaluation period of two years. World Champion win automatically (regardless of region and class of aircraft) a medal .
The price
All winners of a region / aircraft class are invited to the Flying-M Ranch in Nevada with an escort of their choice . There you have the opportunity to meet the best glider pilots in the world.
In order to promote friendly interaction with one another, there are no competitions between the pilots.
The time spent on the ranch often results in friendships that last a lifetime. To make this possible was one of the main concerns of the two founders of the BHC.
While a pilot can in principle win the BHC several times, he only receives an invitation to the ranch once in a lifetime. If he wins another time, the next in the ranking in the region and class will be invited to the ranch.
If there are more than three winners from the same state in Region 1 , then only the three who have the greatest relative point distance to the runner-up will be invited. The other invitations go to the runners-up from other countries (from Region 1), provided they are not worse than 80% of the winners in their classes.
literature
- Frank Franke (author), Helmut Reichmann (author): Silent with the wind. Barron Hilton Cup. The largest gliding competition in the world . 2nd edition, Umschau Buchverlag, 1994, ISBN 978-3-524-66031-8
See also
- List of Barron Hilton Cup winners (until 2006)
Individual evidence
- ^ The Barron Hilton Cup ( Memento of June 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
- ↑ Aerokurier 06/2009, p. 78
- ↑ International Gliding Commission ( Memento of October 17, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Sporting Code Section 3 - Gliding ( Memento from June 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Paragraph "the purpose" ( Memento of February 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive )