Competition Details

This will be the 11th annual aerotow cross country hang gliding competition held at the Gulgong airstrip owned by the Cudgegong Soaring club.

Competition Dates

25th November to 1st December inclusive (Sunday through to Saturday). Practice day 24th

To register for the comp, register by signing up on the registration page here then use the Entry Form and checkout facility for payment details. You can pay by Paypal, Credit Card ( through paypal ) or by Cheque or direct deposit. Included in the fee are the competition entry fee, the T shirt, the presentation dinner, the airstrip daily fee for strip use and hangarage and all tows during the comp days. This will include test tows morning or evening should you need to test fly.

The Gulgong Classic Aerotow competition is an event run by the Newcastle Hang Gliding Club inc.

Limited numbers

Entry numbers will be strictly limited to 50 pilots, on a first in, best dressed basis.

Sanction

AA sanction CIVL Cat 2 WPRS GAP parameters 50km, 4km, 90min, 10% with 20% FTV

Officials

• Meet Head - Billo and Rick Duncan
• Scorer - Billo (Both SeeYou and GPS verify)
• Launch Marshalls - TBA
• Task committee , safety committe and protest committee will be appointed from competitors at the first days briefing
• Tug Pilots - Pete Marheine and Matthew Olive, with Steve McCarthy and Billo as reserve.

Start and finish

TBA , But start circle and virtual goals will be used, no goal officials. It's usual to have as many tasks as possible return to the airstrip.

Agreed Rules

The rules used will be the rules published at the HGFA as the competiton manual at the date of the competiton. A printed copy will be available for perusal by any competitor who requires it.

It is an absolute requirement that pilots be current members of the HGFA. Australian residents can contact the HGFA for memberhsip requirements. Foreign nationals can join as a visiting pilot. You must be aerotow rated and hold an FAI sporting licence before you can fly in this competition.

Maps

The organisers will NOT provide or sell maps. However, they will have the four 1:250,000 topographic maps of the area to use for task setting as well as the 250,000 Natmap DVD for perusal. If you want your own charts, as a minimum purchase Natmap 1:250,000 GULGONG.

Notes

Do not land in fields with crops ever! Do not land in fields with live stock wherever possible. There is ample landing area that has no crops or stock, do not upset the landholders.

Check and double check landing areas. Single strand electrical wires abound in this area and are invisible from the air. They may span for extreme distances across paddocks with very few poles. Any buildings, dams and especially pump houses should be treated with extreme suspicion.

All households in this area use UHF CB for communications when out and about on the farm and in town. Your radio chatter WILL be heard (all channels are utilised somewhere) and the whole competition judged accordingly. Please be polite and courteous at all times. Keep transmissions short sharp and to the point with no unnecessary chatter. To legally use the Ham frequencies, you MUST use a callsign for every transmission (which means you MUST have a valid callsign).

Close all gates. Leave all areas as you found them. Take litter with you (even other peoples). Treat this country area and its people well and you will no doubt be treated the same.