Long Jump and Team Challenge Rules for 2009-2010 are now on this web site. (See link below.) The weather has always been a factor in the flights of Long Jumps. Knowing that, we looked at how to give every pilot and student pilot a chance to accomplish their personal goals of flying a distance flight. We removed the sections of the country and took the program back to the basic reason this program started. That was for every pilot who wanted, through the winter months, to plan and execute a long flight. That long flight could be 25 miles or it could be 300 miles. We have created Long Jump patches that will reflect the miles that are flown. We are hoping that there will be more pilots who want to try the lower miles and then in the coming years work up to the longer flights. Pilots, we hope you will sign up soon and plan on accomplishing your personal goals of a long flight in the 2009-2010 Long Jump and Team Challenge.

Inspiring thoughts from Bruce Comstock

"I think you are right in working to emphasize the personal best aspect of Long Jump flights. I am now very active in an air sport in which I will never be close in skill to those who are really good at it, but I work hard to achieve consecutive personal bests. All any of us can do is keep trying to learn and improve. I hope your efforts to change the perception of the Long Jump encourage more to take this attitude, and to get out and fly as far they can at least once in their life."