Krushevo , Macedonia

Contents

1. Introduction . 3

2. Purposes . 3

3. Sporting Behavior 3

4. Organizers . 3

5. Place of event and order 3

6. Bids . 4

7. Glider classes . 4

8. Prizes and titles . 4

9. Insurance . 4

10. Registration . 5

11. Organizers and Committees . 5

12. Transport to takeoff, retrieve and second start 5

13. Time schedule . 6

14. Complaints, Protests and Appeals . 6

15. Tasks and Scoring . 6

16. Flying and safety regulations . 6

17. Safety Report Back system .. 8

18. Start cylinders, turnpoints and goals . 8

19. Validation of tasks . 9

20. Retrieve rules . 9

21. Imperfect days . 10

22. Event results and reports . 10

1. Introduction

The Ukrainian Paragliding Open runs according to the General Section and Section 7b of the FAI Sporting Code. References to Section 7b refer to the latest edition of this Code that can be found at http://www.fai.org/hang gliding/documents/sc7.asp. These additions supersede section 7b and are in place to promote pilot safety and improve the sporting nature of the events. Safe flying: All pilots fly under their own responsibility. It is each pilot's responsibility to take all necessary actions to maintain their own safety during the competition, and to ensure that they do not act in any way that might endanger any other pilots during the competition. It is a condition of entry to the Ukrainian Paragliding Open for all pilots to accept without restriction to hold the Organizers blameless, and waive all claims to compensation. Sportsmanship: The purpose of the Ukrainian Paragliding Open is to provide a sporting, fair, competitive and safe con test, in order to determine event winners in the many different categories involved, see § 8, and to reinforce friendship among competitors and pilots from visiting nations.

2. Purposes

· Rating of the best pilots.

· Paragliding Popularization and development.

· Ecology and Healthy life style advocacy

· Friendship and co-operation between Ukrainian and other countries pilots.

3. Sporting Behavior

3.1. Behaviour

Competitors not behaving in a safe, proper, friendly and sporting manner will be penalized and may be disqualified.

3.2. Abuse

Any Verbal or Physical abuse of any of the competition officials will be dealt with according to the FAI General section chapter 5.2 of the sporting code rule concerning stewards and jury members and Section 7b Chapter 12 of the FAI Sporting Code.

4. Organizers

4.1. The main organizers are:
. Paragliding club « NearBirds»
· «Paraglajding klub-DELTA-Prilep Macedonija» ,

4.2. Event runs under auspice of PFU , Nacionalen AERO KLUB MAKEDONIJA ,PWCA, FAI.

4.3 - General organizer: Perevalov Volodymyr – Paragliding club “NearBirds”
- Meet director: Vladimir Perevaloff
- Safety manager and observer Dimiskovski Goran:
- Competition doctor:

5. Place of event and order

5.1. The 2011 Ukrainian Paragliding Open allows 125 participants

5.2. Place of event: Krushevo, Macedonia

5.3. Period: 31 july - 06 august, 2011

5.4. Main schedule:

· July 31 – registration, training flights, commencement ceremony

· August 01 - 06 – competitions flights

· The day off is up to jury decision.

6. Bids

1.1. Bids are via www.prepwc-ukrainianopen.org.ua or e-mail: near_birds@ukr.net , morza@ukr.net

1.2. All bids should be received till 25.07.2011

7. Glider classes

7.1. Ukrainian Open Paragliding Championship

The Ukrainian Open Paragliding Championship is an Open Class event. The highest ranked pilot after the last task is the Ukrainian Open Paragliding Championship Champion. There are prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Overall for men and women.

7.2. Ukrainian Open Paragliding Championship, Sport Class

There are prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the Sport Class as well. If you are competing in the Sport Class please make sure you are registered as flying as Serial Class wing at the registration.

7.3. Ukrainian Open Paragliding Championship, Serial Class

There are prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the Serial Class as well. If you are competing in the Serial Class please make sure you are registered as flying as Serial Class wing at the registration.

7.4. Ukrainian National Championships

The Ukrainian Champion is the highest ranked Ukrainian National Team, including points from four best ranked pilots (from maximum six members of one team) after the last task. There are prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.

7.5. Women Rating

Women participate in Overall and women’s ratings. Minimum number of participants for women’s ratings is seven.

8. Prizes and titles

8.1. Prizes supplied by the Ukrainian Open Paragliding Championship organization

The Ukrainian Open Paragliding Championship is an umbrella competition covering a number of different titles.

The actual Ukrainian Open Paragliding Championship organization will award prizes in the following categories:

1st, 2nd and 3rd ranked Overall in the competition

1st, 2nd and 3rd ranked woman Overall in the competition

1st, 2nd and 3rd ranked Ukrainian pilot in the competition

1st, 2nd and 3rd ranked Sport Class in the competition

1st, 2nd and 3rd ranked Serial Class in the competition

1st, 2nd and 3rd ranked Ukrainian Nation Team in the competition

9. Insurance

9.1. Medical Cover + 3rd Party liability cover

All participants must have a valid medical health care insurance (covering all hospital expenses, rescue and repatriation) as well as third party liability insurance with an insured limit of at least EUR 50 000 (or foreign currency equivalent).

A statement from your insurance company, in English language, must be shown at registration, proving that you have met the insurance requirements and including 7 day, 24 hour contact number in case of accident.

If insurance details are not available the pilot will lose his/her place to a pilot on the waiting list.

10. Registration

10.1. Registration fee-
- 120 EUR if payed befor 01 June 2011.
- 150 EUR if payed from 02 June to 31 July 2011.
- 160 EUR if payed on the first day of competition

10.2. Registration validation

The registration is only valid once the organization has received the registration fee.

10.3. Cancellation of registration

The registration may be cancelled by the pilot, and the registration fee minus bank transfer fees returned, up until two weeks prior to the event. After this deadline the registration fee will only be returned provided another pilot from the waiting list is found to fill the vacant space.

10.4. Pilot documentation required onsite registration

· Passport

· Pilot Registration Form

· Signed Release of Liability Document- valid CIVL number

· Evidence of pilot qualification (NAC License or IPPI card)

· Satisfactory evidence of glider airworthiness according to Section 7B

11. Organizers and Committees

11.1. Competition Director (CD)

The Competition Director is responsible for the successful management of the all event, assisted by deputy director, technical director and other officials.

11.2. Meet Director (MD)

The Meet Director is responsible for the successful management of the flying part of the event, assisted by other officials

11.3. Task & Safety Committee (TC)

The Task & Safety Committee consists of:

· The Meet Director

· One pilots with good local knowledge chosen by the MD

· Two pilots representative voted by competing pilots at the first General

Briefing

This task committee must unanimously agree each day’s task, considering all issues affecting task safety. They should also remain in contact during the task in order to continuously evaluate conditions and make decisions regarding safety.

11.4. Protest Committee

Following a protest, at the next general briefing two pilots shall be elected by secret vote by the pilots and will constitute, with the MD, the jury in charge of dealing with a protest. Protest Committee will decide for punishments, if needed.

12. Transport to takeoff, retrieve and second start

12.1. Transport to takeoff

The transport to takeoff will be done with buses, equipment by trucks or simillar. All pilots will be almost at same time on the takeoff.

12.2. Retrieve to town and second start ( not mandatory )

Retrieve to town or takeoff is done same way.

13. Time schedule

13.1. General Briefing

We will have a general briefing at the competition Headquarter each morning at 0930h. The task briefing time on launch will be announced at this briefing. The times will also be published on the task board at HQ.

13.2. Task Briefing

The task briefing will be held on launch at the time specified at the General Briefing. The window may open earliest 15 minutes after the end of the task briefing.

13.3. Provisional results and complaints

Provisional results are published Online and physically at the competition HQ, at the task board and on launch the following day. The results will be published as soon as we have them ready. We will strive to get this done before normal bedtime but remember that we need your cooperation for the whole thing to run smoothly. Complaints may be made up to two hours after the formal publishing of provisional results, in exceptional cases (late publishing) they may be made on general briefing the following day, recommended before the briefing.

14. Complaints, Protests and Appeals

14.1. Complaint Procedure

Any pilot enrolled in the competition can make a written (in English) complaint to the Meet Director. It has to be made within two hours of the announcement of the provisional results (for exceptions see above). The Meet Director will deal with the complaint.

If the person complaining is not satisfied with the outcome, he has the right to protest. Such protests must be made in writing (in English) and be handed to the MD with a protest fee of EUR 30 within 2 hours of the announcement of the decision regarding the complaint. The protest committee decision will be displayed on the official information board. The fee will be refunded if the

appeal is upheld.

15. Tasks and Scoring

15.1. Scoring begins as soon as the pilot brings GPS to download tracks at the competition HQ. The opening of the physical scoring will be announced at the task briefing. Tasks will be scored using the RACE 2002 program using the GAP 2000 scoring formulae. Gap parameters will be announced at registration. Scores may be modified by a pre-declared method to enable task dropping.

15.2. The list of available tasks corresponds to FAI code.

16. Flying and safety regulations

16.1. Compliance with Law

Each competitor is required to conform to the law and rules of the air of the country in which the event is taking place.

16.2. Airspace

Task setting will avoid flying through restricted airspace where possible.

Pilots must be fully conversant with air law and must be in possession of an altimeter.

16.3. Flight Limitations

Each glider shall be flown within the limitations of its Certificate of Airworthiness or Permit to Fly and its manufacturer's published limitations. Any maneuver hazardous to himself other competitors or the public is prohibited.

16.4. Damage to a Competing Glider

Any major damage shall be reported to the Meet Director without delay and the glider may then be repaired. Any replacement parts must conform exactly to the original specifications. The Meet Director can give permission to replace the glider, for reasons of damage, loss or theft beyond the control of the competitor. It may be replaced by an identical make and model, or by one with similar or lower performance, eligible to fly in the same class. The Meet Director may allow resumption of the original glider when it is retrieved or repaired.

16.5. Protective Equipment

Every competitor shall wear a protective helmet and carry an emergency parachute and back protection on all flights.

16.6. Fitness

A pilot may not fly unless he/she is fit. Any injury, drugs or medication taken which might affect the competitor's performance in the air, must be reported to the Meet Director before flying.

16.7. Collision Avoidance

Circuit, turning and landing patterns given at the briefing must be complied

with International collision avoidance regulations and good observation must be kept at all times. Any glider joining a thermal established by another glider shall circle in the same direction, regardless of height separation.

16.8. Turn Direction

The MD will confirm each day the direction of all 360 deg. turns in front of take-off, within a given area and time. Failure to comply with turn direction will incur a penalty.

16.9. Cloud Flying

Cloud flying is defined as any part of the glider or the pilot disappearing into

cloud. Cloud flying is prohibited and will be controlled by flying marshals, GPS

track log and evidence supplied by more than one pilot. For safety reasons, including collective cloud flying, the MD may cancel the task before the last landing time. Should a pilot enter cloud he/she must be seen by pilots to return to a point of no advantage. This means leaving the cloud in a timely and safe manner and losing height to return to a position lower and further (in relation to next turn point/goal objective) than when the pilot entered cloud.

16.10. External Aid to Competitors

External aid to competitors is not permitted

16.11. Communication Equipment

Radios should be carried in flight by all participating competition pilots and radios may only be used in the air for safety reasons. The Organizer of the event will announce an official safety frequency. For retrieval the Organizer may announce one or more frequencies. The Organizer is not responsible for pilots flying without a radio. Voice activated microphones (VOX operated) are not allowed and must be deactivated. Frequency on 2m radios will be within 144 -146 MHz range.

We recommend that you leave your mobile phone switched on and readily reachable during flights. This MAY aid in locating you if you are injured, and it will surely make it easier for yourself to call for help.

16.12. GPS

GPS will be used for flight validation. Each pilot must be equipped with at least one GPS with the ability to record a (3d) track log. If the primary GPS fails a second GPS with a 2D track log may be acceptable to validate a competitor's flight provided there is no dispute over the flight ( NOT IN THE CASE OF ALTITUDE VIOLATION FLIGHT ) . The list of GPS models:

· GARMIN (all);( IN THE CASE OF ALTITUDE VIOLATION FLIGHT, Garmin’s with “ S “ will be not accepted)

· Magellan: 2000XL 6.00 and higher, 3000XL(two channel) 4.00 and higher, 3000XL(12 channel) 5.00 and higher, 4000XL(two channel) 4.00 and higher, 4000XL(12 channel) 4.00 and higher, GPS Meridian XL 4.02 and higher

· GPS Trailblazer XL 4.01 and higher, Nav 6000 (two channel) 1.0 and higher, Nav 6000 (12 channel) 2.0 and higher, GPS Tracker, GPS ColorTrak, GPS 315, GPS 320, Map 410 1.0 and higher;

· MLR: SP12 X, SP24, SP24 XC, SP24 XC VOL LIBRE, FX312, FX312 XC, FX312 4X4, FX412, FX412 XC;

· GALILEO Brauniger

Pilots should provide the proper software and cables.

IMPORTANT:

In the case of restricted airspace by flight altitude, pilot will be ask to present a valid 3D gps track. Please note that some instruments are not recording gps altitude into the track log. Such a recording will be not accepted in the case of altitude check. It is pilot responsibility to have adequate instrumentation in such an event.

16.13. Pre-fliers

The competition’s Pre-fliers will be notified to all pilots at the competition briefings. They will be experienced pilots familiar with the local sites, who understand the importance of their role. They will not be competitors.

16.14. Punishments

Protest Committee will deal with protests and decide punishments, if needed.

17. Safety Report Back system

17.1. Assumed participation

If you have registered for the event and are present on the registration evening we will assume that you are also flying all tasks unless you specifically tell us the opposite. This means that if you do not report back before the report deadline a search-and-rescue operation will be initiated. If it then turns out that you have been lying in bed laughing all day we will charge you for the cost of the search-and-rescue, and you will be disqualified from the event.

17.2. Reporting back:

It is very important that you let us know as soon as practically possible that you have landed and you are safe and sound. "As soon as practically possible" means right after landing, or as soon as you have GSM coverage thereafter. The preferred method of reporting back is by phone call or SMS to the HQ phone. You may also tick the lists available in all retrieve buses or at the competition HQ, but make sure you get it done EARLY!

18. Start cylinders, turnpoints and goals

18.1. Start systems used

The start system for both Elapsed Time races and Race to Goal tasks is a start cylinder that must be either entered or exited after a time given on the briefing. We may decide to have a Turnpoint 0 that must be taken BEFORE the start cylinder. This is done to reduce congestion in the air around the start.

18.2. Turnpoints

The 2011 Ukrainian Open Paragliding Championship uses GPS for task verification. This means, among other things, that all turnpoints are "virtual", i.e. if there is discrepancy between the physical object on the ground and the GPS coordinates then the latter overrules the former. All turnpoint sectors are FAI 400m radius cylinders, and there is no tolerance on turnpoints. It is up to the pilot to make sure that there are track log points stored in his GPS from inside the turnpoint cylinder.

18.3. Goal

The goal is also a "virtual" cylinder with a 400m radius. We may set a larger goal cylinder where the time is stopped but to be awarded the time points you must still make it into the smaller goal cylinder. This is one way to make sure that pilots do not race too hard close to the ground. There are no goal marshals to time goal arrival – arrival times are taken from the pilot's GPS.

19. Validation of tasks

19.1. Task Validity

The task will be validated when: The Launch window has been open for the minimum required time. The formula for the minimum required time is as follows: Number of competitors flying the task multiplied by 30 seconds.

19.2. Stopping of a Task

The Meet Director can stop a task in case of hazardous weather or other conditions that in his view could endanger the safety of pilots before the landing deadline is expired. Stopping of a task is announced on the safety frequency. Pilots who has heard cancellation has to make “big ears” for signaling the others who might not understand or heard the cancellation. If one or more pilots have reached goal at the time the task was stopped, the task is scored. If not the task is cancelled with no score.

19.3. Cancellation after Landing Time

After the last landing time a task can only be cancelled by a safety committee decision. The MD can ask for a decision on the validation of a task.

19.4. Assistance to a Pilot in Danger

All pilots must gather up their gliders immediately after landing. A glider lying open on the ground means "I need help!"

19.5. Compensation to an Assisting Pilot

A pilot rescuing an injured pilot will be compensated task points equal to his own average in the competition so far. For example a pilot who has scored 920, 771 and 894 in the three previous tasks will be awarded 861.66 (=862) points after task 4 where he landed to assist an injured pilot. Landing to assist an injured pilot during task 1 will give the average score of all pilots on this day. If the task in question is not a 1000points task, the score given to the helpful pilot will be calculated as follows:

Winner of the day =500 points (example)

Helpful pilot average of previous tasks =862 points or 86.2% of full day score

Score of helpful pilot on 500 point day=500x0.862=431points

20. Retrieve rules

20.1. Explanation

The retrieve system is based on the same principal as the transport to launch in the morning. The system can only function if you are disciplined about your communications with the retrieve officers and/or drivers!

20.2. Limitations

The organized retrieve is limited to main roads along the task course. If you land in the sticks it is your responsibility to make it to a main road – these will be specified at the Task Briefings!

20.3. Retrieve communications

Once you have reached a main road you have a decision to make:

You may decide to organize your own retrieve (by hitch hiking e.g.), or You may contact the retrieve officer for a retrieve.

These two options should not be mixed! Once you have sent an SMS to the retrieve officer to ask for a retrieve from a position along a main road you should not hitch hike to another location! Doing so will confuse the system and cause delays for all the other pilots being retrieved, and you may be penalized in your day score if you muck it up sufficiently. You may cancel a retrieve via SMS if a very good lift turns up, but once you have cancelled your retrieve we do not want to have new SMS from you with retrieve wishes.

20.4. The retrieve SMS

The retrieve SMS should look as follows:

Pilot no. XX wishes to be retrieved from (Village, junction, km N-E-S-W of village/junction along road no. YY).

We will not confirm the receipt of your SMS's at the competition HQ. You need to trust the system to work… One pilot may send a retrieve SMS for a group of pilots waiting in the same spot, but remember to ask all if they intend to remain there until the bus arrives, and also remember to include all the pilot numbers in the SMS.

21. Imperfect days

21.1. Weather trouble

If the weather in the morning is looking bad but there is hope of a late task we will bepostponing the briefings up to the final decision.

22. Event results and reports

22.1. Organizers provide complete report to NAC no later than 2 weeks after Event..

22.2. Organizers provide e-version of report to NAC no later than 3 days after Event

22.3. Official web-site will reflect the Event results as close as possible to online mode.