HGFA Skysailor Magazine

SKY SAILOR 27 January | February 2019 2019 January Corryong Cup 7 to 13 January Mt Elliot, Corryong, VIC. Rating B grade. Practice day: 6/1/19. Foot launch comp for novice to advanced pilots. Great comp for first time inland and comp pilots. Come and join in the fun. Free flyers are welcome. Organised by the Newcastle HG Club. Sign up at [www.wow.asn.au ] or call Karl on 0412 675293 or <ksk@live.com.au> . Bright Open 12 to 18 January HGFA AAA, FAI Cat 2. Organiser: Brian Webb. Details [www.brightopen.org ]. The Flow Corryong PG Open 2019 20 to 26 January Corryong, VIC. AAA, Cat 2 in Australia’s ‘best place to fly’. More details can be found at [airtribune. com/corryong-pg-open-2019/info]. Organiser: Dave Gibbs <djgibbs67@gmail.com >. Australia Day BBQ 26 January 2019 Yarrawonga Aerodrome, VIC. Fly, drive, walk, bike, scooter or crawl, but make an effort to get to Hangar 19 Yarrawonga Aerodrome for this once a year event. Bring a plate of salad or sweets to supplement the FREE BBQ. Time: 11:30am to 2pm. RSVP: Before 10am Thursday, 24 January 2019. Contact: 03 5744 1466 or <pm@pmaviation.com.au> . February NSW State Titles 17 to 23 February Mt Borah, Manilla, NSW. Rating AA. Practice day: 16/2/19. Foot launch comp and great for all pilots from novice to advanced with plenty of top gun pilots attending. Come and join in the action. Free flyers welcome. Organised by the Newcastle HG Club. Sign up at [www.wow.asn.au ] or call Karl on 0412 675293 or <ksk@live.com.au> . WA State HG Championships 2018 23 February to 2 March Westonia, WA. More at [www.goldfieldsdustdevils. com]. Contact: Richard Breyley 0417 986 896. March Altitude with Attitude Women’s Towing XC Fly-In 8 to 11 March Dubbo, NSW. Arrive 5pm Friday 8 Mar, ends 3pm Monday 11 Mar. Seven participants (+2 organisers). Cost: TBC. Will include: Swag camping! Sleep under the stars, meals from Friday dinner to Monday lunch. Bring your own snacks. We will be in the tow paddock from mid-morning till late afternoon. Breakfast at briefing time, dinner with de-brief. Start and finish in Dubbo, but where we fly will be up to the weather-gods! Perfect warm-up event for the Wings Out West competition. Wings out West PG Ground Tow Comp 13 to 17 March 2019 Trundle, Central NSW. Australia’s only groundtow PG comp challenges pilots to fly the NSW flatlands. HGFA sanction Cat B, specifically for EN-A,B,C class PG only. WoW is an entry level comp with modest navigation tasks in a fun social environment, but will introduce pilots to the challenges of comp flying. If you don’t have much groundtow experience, don’t be put off, an official practice day is scheduled for the Day 1. WoW is a chance to ease yourself into PG comps or a chance to hone your flatland flying. We expect a mixture of pilots with a lot to a little comp and flatland experience, so it’s a great learning environment. Read the 2018 report in this issue. WoW is based in Trundle, in the centre of NSW and the epi-centre of flatland flying. More information at [www.wingsoutwest.org] . April Birchip Flatter than the Flatlands 19 to 22 April (Easter) Birchip, VIC. Hang glider pilots are invited to the 27th Flatter than the Flatlands XC towing competition. The event will be conducted over the four-day Easter long weekend. Entry fee: $80, incl. daily prizes, presentation BBQ, scoring, goal beers and lots of fun. GPS and parachute required. Discount available for teams with a first time pilot. Contact: Wesley Hill on 0408 305 943 or <wes.hill@yahoo. com.au >. Details at [www.sacra.biz/fttf ]. Paragliding State of Origin 19 19 to 21 April (Easter) Mt Borah, Manilla NSW. C Sanction. For the Novice (P2), it’s a great way to get into competition and XC flying in a fun & safe way, it’s about promoting skills and safety. This competition is based on ‘Flying Crews’ (five pilot teams, one P5, two P2s plus two other pilots), so get your crew together. Handicapping is used for scoring. Reserve, UHF radio and at least three hours XC flights are required. XC course recommended. Comp fee: $30, or register at [https://tinyurl.com/stateoforigin2019] before 5/4/2019 and pay the earlybird fee of $20. Contact: Peter Beamish 0416 031 793 <peterjbeamish@ mail.com> or Dan Mckenna 0432 215 533 <danmckenna101@hotmail.com >. Events Calendar Photo: Molly McEwin