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Rule 15.1 Pilot Declared Goal (PDG)
Rule 15.2 Judge Declared Goal (JDG)
Rule 15.3 Hesitation Waltz (HWZ)
Rule 15.4 Fly In (FIN)
Rule 15.5 Fly On (FON)
Rule 15.6 Hare and Hounds (HNH)
Rule 15.7 Watership Down (WSD)
Rule 15.8 Gordon Bennett Memorial (GBM)
Rule 15.9 Calculated Rate of Approach Task (CRT)
Rule 15.10 Race to an Area (RTA)
Rule 15.11 Elbow (ELB)
Rule 15.12 Land Run (LRN)
Rule 15.13 Minimum Distance (MDT)
Rule 15.14 Shortest Flight (SFL)
Rule 15.15 Minimum Distance Double Drop (MDD)
Rule 15.16 Maximum Distance Time (XDT)
Rule 15.17 Maximum Distance (XDI)
Rule 15.18 Maximum Distance Double Drop (XDD)
Rule 15.19 Angle (ANG)
Rule 15.20 3D Shape Task (3DT)
Rule 15.21 Altitude Profile Task (APT)
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Home
Posts
About Ballooning
Operating Principles
How Does the Balloon Work?
Balloon Shapes
What is Competition Ballooning?
The Rulebook
Markers
Coordinates
The Scoring Formula
Separation Altitude
Tasks
Rule 15.1 Pilot Declared Goal (PDG)
Rule 15.2 Judge Declared Goal (JDG)
Rule 15.3 Hesitation Waltz (HWZ)
Rule 15.4 Fly In (FIN)
Rule 15.5 Fly On (FON)
Rule 15.6 Hare and Hounds (HNH)
Rule 15.7 Watership Down (WSD)
Rule 15.8 Gordon Bennett Memorial (GBM)
Rule 15.9 Calculated Rate of Approach Task (CRT)
Rule 15.10 Race to an Area (RTA)
Rule 15.11 Elbow (ELB)
Rule 15.12 Land Run (LRN)
Rule 15.13 Minimum Distance (MDT)
Rule 15.14 Shortest Flight (SFL)
Rule 15.15 Minimum Distance Double Drop (MDD)
Rule 15.16 Maximum Distance Time (XDT)
Rule 15.17 Maximum Distance (XDI)
Rule 15.18 Maximum Distance Double Drop (XDD)
Rule 15.19 Angle (ANG)
Rule 15.20 3D Shape Task (3DT)
Rule 15.21 Altitude Profile Task (APT)
About the Teams
The Writing Team
Team Heatwave (Landon Kohtz)
Team Wild Card (Joey Strutz)
Photos and Videos
Submitted FAQs
Links and Other Blogs
USA Ballooning
Results
FlirtingFoodies (Lukas and Blanka)
Baggies Out (Competition Coverage)
Why Orange?
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Home
Posts
About Ballooning
Operating Principles
How Does the Balloon Work?
Balloon Shapes
What is Competition Ballooning?
The Rulebook
Markers
Coordinates
The Scoring Formula
Separation Altitude
Tasks
Rule 15.1 Pilot Declared Goal (PDG)
Rule 15.2 Judge Declared Goal (JDG)
Rule 15.3 Hesitation Waltz (HWZ)
Rule 15.4 Fly In (FIN)
Rule 15.5 Fly On (FON)
Rule 15.6 Hare and Hounds (HNH)
Rule 15.7 Watership Down (WSD)
Rule 15.8 Gordon Bennett Memorial (GBM)
Rule 15.9 Calculated Rate of Approach Task (CRT)
Rule 15.10 Race to an Area (RTA)
Rule 15.11 Elbow (ELB)
Rule 15.12 Land Run (LRN)
Rule 15.13 Minimum Distance (MDT)
Rule 15.14 Shortest Flight (SFL)
Rule 15.15 Minimum Distance Double Drop (MDD)
Rule 15.16 Maximum Distance Time (XDT)
Rule 15.17 Maximum Distance (XDI)
Rule 15.18 Maximum Distance Double Drop (XDD)
Rule 15.19 Angle (ANG)
Rule 15.20 3D Shape Task (3DT)
Rule 15.21 Altitude Profile Task (APT)
About the Teams
The Writing Team
Team Heatwave (Landon Kohtz)
Team Wild Card (Joey Strutz)
Photos and Videos
Submitted FAQs
Links and Other Blogs
USA Ballooning
Results
FlirtingFoodies (Lukas and Blanka)
Baggies Out (Competition Coverage)
Why Orange?
Why Orange?
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