Starters Masters Microlight Competition 5-7 Feb 2010 Petit

[Dish]

sadly the Dish will not be making an appearance as i am out of town for that weekend - Business, dissappointing but cest la vie - Look it up springs okes !!!

[Blue Max]

Do I need Insurance if I fly solo.??

[nicow]

I'll be there to learn more about competition flying.

[Jetman]

Well done nicow, well done!!!!!. See you there.

Skin

[Nkwazi]

Unfortunately I wont be able to compete, I lost one of my good mates on the weekend and I'm attending his funeral in Windhoek on Friday
I'll pop around tonight and see you all on Sunday!!

[JCH]

Hugo Visser from Petit Airfield has secured a sponsor from Caterpillar, Isando for boerewors rolls and cool drinks for the event.
Thanks a lot to Caterpillar Isando.
So even if you are not competing, come and join us at this, the first microlight competition for the year.

Last night's special briefing was held by Mervyn and Shaun at Petit during a huge downpour.
They discussed the 4 tasks over the 2 days more in detail.
In each task there are many elements for which points can be scored, including; reaching the turning points, predicting groundspeeds, altitude, identifying photo objects, spot landings (power on and power off as well as reduced deck) and short field take-offs. Even points scored (actually lost) for non-departing on the exact departure slot allocated.
Nothing to be scared of but sure to test the skills of the competitors.
Remember that we have to start complying with the international microlight competition standards if we want to host the world champoinships in 2013.

Registration takes place on Friday evening at which point anybody can still enter.

Mervyn indicated that there will be briefing sessions at 15:00, 17:00 and 19:00 on Friday.
The first task description for Saturday morning will be handed out already on Friday night.
Each competitor will received the Start, End and turning points on the map, 1 hour before departure of the task.
There will be Masters assisting the novices with the planning of the routes before departure.

This is sure to be a competitive but also fun event.

Please remember to bring kneeboards, stopwatches, calculators, whiteboard pens etc to be able to plan the tasks on your maps.
See you on Friday...

[D2O]

Hi guys. I'll be there to help marshall on Saturday & Sunday. Looking forward to meeting everyone & finding out how these flying competitions work
Who knows, maybe I'll have enough hours next time to enter

[Nkwazi]

No minimum hours needed

[nicow]

Anybody needs a co pilot?
I'll be available as a co pilot for Saturday and Sunday morning.

[Tribal Croc]

Will be there Saturday morning with a couple of spectators

[JCH]

Mervyn reminds the competitors to bring a GPS to act as backup route tracker.
Due to the number of entries, they may not have enough loggers from MISASA's side so the abovementioned GPS's may have to be used as tracking loggers.
Also remember to bring the data cable to connect it to a pc for the downloads.

Please remember to bring kneeboards, stopwatches, calculators, whiteboard pens etc to be able to plan the tasks on your maps.

[LarryMcG]

Good luck, All, enjoy!

Sorry cant be there!!! Somebody has to beat skin!!!!

LM

[caneco]

Hi.Anybody Have Pics Of The Event?Thanks..

[ZS-NEL]

Yes, we do have pics !

[RV4ker (RIP)]

Where is they

Was supposed to ferry Cub from HVG to HBV and was gonna stop in to say hi, but WX was not kind, so we try again this weekend....