Guest Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 As an update: The plan is as follows. In March 2014 there will be a 1 day event starting and finishing at Membury airfield. There will be a number of manned waypoints at varying distance from the start point. As in normal Orienteering, you will have to land at each 'task' point and stamp your card to validate the points. There is a twist!!!! :-) In order to encourage low airtime pilots we have removed the need to be 'just' a good pilot and added some fun!. Each landing point will have a different task at it which you must complete before stamping your card. As the points get further away from the start, the ground tasks will be harder. So when I say 'tasks' I mean something fun, something stupid and nothing to do with aviation at all. To give away one of the 'tasks' each pilot must shoot 6 empty cans at a set distance with a CO2 air pistol :-) The fun part will be that you will not know what the task is UNTIL you get there, or even what the tasks are!!! As it stands, I have Permission to use Membury, I have 5 sites that we can use for the landing / task points., I have the cards and stamps, So in essence the event would need 2 people on the ground at each point. I will keep the number of points at 5 for now to see if I can find the 10 people required to man them. All are welcome to enter, £25 for non paid members, £10 for paid up members. Minimum number of pilots to run the event is 10. There will be trophy awards at the end. So I would ask again, due to delay... does anyone fancy manning a ground point? (all within 80 miles of Membury) If so please post below Also, who fancies taking part? :-) Again, please post below. SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatPux Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 How " Low airtime" !? If I can get a few more flights in over the winter I'd be up for that and if I can't I will man one the stations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 You will be 100% fine dude I don't want to give you a strategy but this event does not require that you are a sky god in the slightest. It's more about having a fun day with our Paramotors. SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatPux Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Sounds like I'm perfectly qualified[sMIRKING FACE] I'm in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Hi Simon I'd love to enter, sounds like a great day out Badger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilzy Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Hi Simon I'm up for that sounds like fun, is this BHPA approved and are spectators allowed!!!!!!!!! Think the words your looking for end in Off!!!!!!!!! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8086 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Count me in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel_d. Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 yep! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_b Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Happy to man a ground station and let others enjoy the fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedmouse Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Im in as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilly11 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Being complete newbies -count us in to help man a station for you! By 'us' I mean Oliver & Amanda - first post on this site, so hello to everyone out there, we have recently signed up for training with Simon....cannot wait to get airbourne! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 cannot wait to get airbourne! Ah, I see you've already been brainwashed by Simon Koresh. Welcome to PMC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Brilliant, so were on a mission to get you both flying under your own steam and confident before then Happy with that.!! I am sure we will have a flyable day soon so that we can get you started! Now your not lurking.... Welcome to the Paramotor Club SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildemt Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Hi Simon Count me in on the ground. I'm based in e. Sussex if that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 How big is the course likely to be? If the tasks are within 80 miles of Membury then there's some potentially serious flying distances to be covered (minimum of 160 miles). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 I will do a max poss distance on GE (with the current points, and let you know but YES this will be an entire days event. There will be free fuel and oil at the waypoints where it is needed. SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george1966 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Yep count me in. More than up for a challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 So far, if you did the economic route to try and get all of the way points, you would have to fly 115 miles. (You do not have to do them all) SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 It's sounding awesome. Would be great to have a big high over the country for March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilzy Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 115 miles crickey at my weight i'd need a tanker lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outkast Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 115 miles crickey at my weight i'd need a tanker lol thought you got a Nuc 34 now ? shitloads of lift out of that and good economy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_b Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 115 miles crickey at my weight i'd need a tanker lol I got a 46 synth you could use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outkast Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 115 miles crickey at my weight i'd need a tanker lol I got a 46 synth you could use. he struggled to launch a 31, hows he going to get a big heavy 46 in the air lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richwill15 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Mate I'm up for either too. If I can get airborne in time I'd like to have a bash and if not I'd be happy to man a site for you. Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Also adding: Rob Pearce Paul Heckles Chis Lake As pilots. Brilliant! People seem to be as excited about this as I am SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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