Proving Grounds Summer '25
(April 20th, 2025 - Oct. 20th, 2025)

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This is a Condor 3 contest. We will be flying Sunday nights at 8:30pm Eastern, 7:30pm Central, 6:30pm Mountain, 5:30pm Pacific or 00:30Z. The tasks will be held in more mountainous terrain and therefore will be slightly more challenging than the winter competition.

Google Drive Folder with .tsk & .cup files for each day's race: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AOt7kelkx2bQq1fiZtYOe5jK0XKfK45C?usp=sharing

Discord server for air-to-air chatter: https://discord.gg/Zwn59Qrtp5

Tentative Schedule

Landscape: Cascade Range (for all tasks below)
1 - Sunday, April 20 - Hope, BC
2 - Sunday, April 27 - Port Alberni, BC
3 - Sunday, May 4 - Ephrata, WA
4 - Sunday, May 11 - Hood River, OR - Tiptoeing Outside the Valley
5 - Sunday, May 18 - Sunriver, OR AAT
6 - Sunday, May 25 - Ephrata, WA Region 8 Contest Prep 1
7 - Sunday, June 1 - Ephrata, WA Region 8 Contest Prep 2 AAT
8 - Sunday, June 8 - Ephrata, WA Region 8 Contest Prep 3
9 - Sunday, June 15 - Ephrata, WA Region 8 Contest Prep 4 AAT
10 - Sunday, June 22 - Scott Valley, CA
11 - Sunday, June 29 - Cougar Mountain, WA
12 - Sunday, July 6 - Puget Sound, WA Ultra
13 - Sunday, July 13 - Bend, OR AAT
14 - Sunday, July 20 - Alvord Desert, OR
15 - Sunday, July 27 - Montague, CA AAT
16 - Sunday, August 3 - Mount Saint Helens, WA
17 - Sunday, August 10 - Winnemucca, NV AAT

The Proving Grounds is a task scoring and pilot recognition platform designed to introduce cross country flying basics that develop confidence in pilots and clubs so that new pilots are ready for the limitless opportunities cross country soaring provides! This contest will tour all Proving Grounds sites, flying their largest task bringing together the learning benefits of collaborative flying using Condor 3, and showcasing the Proving Grounds platform. Learn more about Proving Grounds at soaringtasks.com


Helpful Condor docs:

Our new help site for Condor. It is a work in progress but lots of information there especially for new comers: https://condor-help.helpscoutdocs.com/

Phil Stang sent me some helpful docs for people new to Condor competitions that may be helpful to all. Links below
Condor Start Timeline: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B9UscqQNjqeZ5hw6l7AP8F5pZzUQrH4u/view?usp=sharing
How to get and install landscapes: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BLy4FtOjmpKi51jQppNLEmR6oZvB55US/view?usp=sharing
How to - vertical view center: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BZqP0fbmBiZ_lLKuuGCXxfI6sWLy3bVF/view?usp=sharing

We also recommend this link to get you started with Condor: https://glidercfi.com/condor/orientation/orientation-document/

Organizers:	Ventus99
Official web site:	Proving Grounds
Forum address:	https://discord.gg/Zwn59Qrtp5
Registration closes on:	October 20th, 2025 at 12:00 PM UTC
Competition per teams:	No
Registration type:	Competition is free Note for non-Premium member: your monthly quota will be decreased, as usual, for each FTR submitted.
Number of training tasks:	0
Number of competition tasks:	24
Scoring type:	1000 points
Competition selected for ccRating:	ccRating will be issued after each race day provided that the day is valid (in FAI terms) and server logs have been received.
Glider restriction:	Gliders from Club class (ASW15, ASW19, ASW20, DG101G, Genesis2, Libelle, LS3a, LS4a, Pegase, StdCirrus)
Competitor's results used for overall scoring:	Only the 10 best results
Allowed tries per race:	1
Crash policy:	Ignore it
Landing out policy:	Ignore it
Missing FTR policy:	Ignore it
Join time:	20 minutes
Time to send FTR:	1 hour
Use time slots (for timezones):	No
Registered competitors:	63

Register now!

Next races
Race	Start date	End date
Competition day #6 (Cascade Range)	Monday May 26th, 2025 at 12:30 AM UTC	May 26th, 2025 at 4:30 AM UTC
Competition day #7 (Cascade Range)	Monday June 2nd, 2025 at 12:30 AM UTC	June 2nd, 2025 at 4:30 AM UTC
Competition day #8 (Cascade Range)	Monday June 9th, 2025 at 12:30 AM UTC	June 9th, 2025 at 4:30 AM UTC