Proving Grounds Winter 25-26
(Oct. 19th, 2025 - April 20th, 2026)
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 01:30Z/00:30Z depending on daylight savings.
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: New England
1 - Sunday, October 19 - Connecticut Ultra
2 - Sunday, October 26 - Connecticut AAT
3 - Sunday, November 2 - Franconia (Almost triangle 2) - DAYLIGHT SAVINGS SWITCH TO 01:30Z
4 - Sunday, November 9 - Franconia AAT
5 - Sunday, November 16 - New England Striedeck
6 - Sunday, November 23 - New England AAT
7 - Sunday, November 30 - Greater Boston Southbridge
8 - Sunday, December 7 - Greater Boston 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/
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| Organizers: |
Ventus99 
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| Official web site: |
Proving Grounds
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| Forum address: |
https://discord.gg/Zwn59Qrtp5 |
| Registration closes on: |
April 20th, 2026 at 12:00 PM UTC
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| Competition per teams: |
No
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| Registration type: |
Competition is free
Note for non-Premium member: your monthly quota will be decreased, as usual, for each FTR submitted.
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| Number of training tasks: |
0
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| Number of competition tasks: |
26
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| Scoring type: |
1000 points
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| 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.
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| Glider restriction: |
Gliders from Club class (ASW15, ASW19, ASW20, DG101G, Genesis2, Libelle, LS3a, LS4a, Pegase, StdCirrus)
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| Competitor's results used for overall scoring: |
Only the 12 best results
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| Allowed tries per race: |
1
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| Crash policy: |
Ignore it
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| Landing out policy: |
Ignore it
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| Missing FTR policy: |
Ignore it
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| Join time: |
20 minutes
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| Time to send FTR: |
1 hour
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| Use time slots (for timezones): |
No
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| Registered competitors: |
47
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Register now!
| Next races
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| Race |
Start date |
End date |
Competition day #1
(New England) | Monday Oct. 20th, 2025 at 12:30 AM UTC | Oct. 20th, 2025 at 4:30 AM UTC |
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Competition day #2
(New England) | Monday Oct. 27th, 2025 at 12:30 AM UTC | Oct. 27th, 2025 at 4:30 AM UTC |
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Competition day #3
(New England) | Monday Nov. 3rd, 2025 at 1:30 AM UTC | Nov. 3rd, 2025 at 5:30 AM UTC |
