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The Belgian Ardenne Paragliding Open is a flatland competition spread over 3 weekends. We will be using foot-launched hill take-offs of the beautiful Ardennes in the south of Belgium and the north of France.
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BEL:
7-Meuses (les)
Beauraing
Coo
LaRoche - Corimont
Maboge
Marcourt
Ouren
Prayon
Rochefort
Rochehaut
FRA:
Fumay
Létanne
Revin...
- left before start of event
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Registration will open on
26/02 19:30 (Europe/Brussels)
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Good phone coverage
The region generally has good phone coverage
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Plastic reduction
The organisers support reducing the use of unnecessary plastic at the event. This includes NOT giving disposable water bottles
Prize funds and scoring categories
- Overall
- Serial
- Sport
- Leasure
- Belgian
Contacts
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Organiser
- BVVF - FBVL
- +32 15 32 18 20
- info@fbvl.be
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Organiser
- Jeff Thielemans
- NA
- jeff_thielemans@yahoo.com
Event info
The Belgian Ardenne Paragliding Open is a flatland competition spread over 3 weekends. We will be using foot-launched hill take-offs of the beautiful Ardennes in the south of Belgium and the north of France. The weekends are:
March 16 & 17 Launching Event Weekend X1X Team
June 15 & 16
September 21 & 22
Every weekend will be a separate FAI Cat 2 competition ! When the competition sells out completely, we expect between 30 and 40 points for the winner if we can fit 2 tasks in. There is no need to participate in all weekends, pilots can participate as it fits their agenda. For every weekend we keep 10 day tickets which can be obtained from one week before the event with the Meet Director. For Belgian pilots, we will crown the king of the flatlands at the end of the 3th weekend.
In case of bad weather, we will cancel the weekend on Thursday or Friday evening before the weekend.
Retrieve is not foreseen by default, but we will facilitate retrieve by fellow competitors through a whatsapp group, as much as possible. We will take hotspots of public transportation as goals for the tasks with the possibility to return to take off by train or bus. The Belgian Ardennes are well served by the Belgian railroad, the most dense rail network in the world ...
No airspace infringement will be allowed during the competition. We will provide you with correct airspace info for each weekend as well as specific briefing information.
Scoring will be done after the event, this year we will use TBS and PG-Race (Android & Web App) .
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Selection and entry fee
The event is a low entry competition. That means the event is open to all pilots, but it is required to have current XC experience on your wing.
SELECTION:
First come, first served, based on the registration order in Airtribune. As FAI Cat.2, 75% of the places are reserved for the Belgian pilots.
REQUIRED BY YOU
All Pilots must hold the following:
♦ An FAI IPPI 5 licence
♦ An FAI Sporting Licence (Don't confuse this with an IPPI card)
♦ Medical/Travel insurance
♦ Third party liability insurance (usually from your National Organisation)
♦ A mobile phone
♦ Recently repacked reserve parachute
♦ Helmet, certified for paragliding use
♦ Harness with certified back protection (Check rules for harness restrictions)
♦ 2M Radio capable of 143.900 Mhz FM
If you do not have ALL of the above you will NOT be permitted to participate.
ENTRY FEE:
=> €20 for the full 3 weekends. There is no need you participate in all weekends, pilots can participate as it fits their agenda.
OR
=> €15 per weekend on site for 1 weekend (= if you are not on the registration list).
If you participate again the next weekend it will be €15 again.
Note: There is only a souvenir for people with the Airtribune registration!
!! In order to make ordering feasible, payment must be done before 6th March !!
There will be no refunds in case of cancellation. But a closing ceremony with a beer instead :-)
PAYMENT:
must be done by bank transfer to the federation
BVVF FBVL
IBAN: BE41 3100 9022 1810
BIC: BBRU BEBB
SWIFT code: BBRU BEBB 200
INCLUDED
The Airtribune registration will get you:
♦ Typical tasking/scoring services
♦ T-shirt & other souvenirs as we are able and
♦ A great experience when flyiong in the Ardennes
There will be no refunds in case of cancellation.
Documents required at registration
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FAI Sporting Licence
Issued by your local NAC on behalf of the FAI. You cannot normally compete in an FAI event without one. Contact your National Association (NAC)
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FAI IPPI Card
The FAI IPPI card is an International card that states your skill level. It is issued by your National Association and matches the level or your flying Licence
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National Licence
The organiser requires you to present your National flying licence.
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Liability Insurance
You must provide the organiser with a copy of your liability (3rd party) insurance documents
Cancellation Policy
Prize fund and scoring categories
General schedule
Saturday evening: 18.00 - 20.00: Announcement of site sunday
09.00-10.00 : Meeting on Take-off (depending on the weather)
10.30 : Breefing on Take-off (depending on the weather)
11.00 : Window Open (tentative)
18.00 : Window Closed (tentative)
By default all tasks will be scored as TBS.
Daily schedule
Accommodation and Activities
How to get here
Can be an other location
Take off West Coo
Les Ardennes Belgium
Downloads
Waypoint files
Organizers
BVVF - FBVL
2860 ST-KATELIJNE-WAVER
TEL/FAX: 015 32 18 20
info@fbvl.be
Jeff Thielemans
jeff_thielemans@yahoo.com
Lode Spruyt
Thibault Voglet
Quentin Debras
Contacts
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Organiser
- BVVF - FBVL
- +32 15 32 18 20
- info@fbvl.be
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Organiser
- Jeff Thielemans
- NA
- jeff_thielemans@yahoo.com
