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2016 Korea Open League 1st event welcomes pilots to Hapcheon. This three days event is organized by Korea Hang & Para Gliding Association. Totally there will be 4 events in 2016.
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Flying site

Hapcheon Daeam mountain is a peak about 560 m ASL, located in middle-south area of South Korea. The surrounding mountains are about 200 - 400 meters ASL, the floor of the flat is 20 - 30 meters ASL. Flying season lasts all year round.

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Event info

2016 Korea Open League 1st event welcomes pilots to Hapcheon. This three days event is organized by Korea Hang & Para Gliding Association. Totally there will be 4 events in 2016.

Flying site

Hapcheon Daeam mountain is a peak about 560 m ASL, located in middle-south area of South Korea. The surrounding mountains are about 200 - 400 meters ASL, the floor of the flat is 20 - 30 meters ASL. Flying season lasts all year round. But the best season for flying is spring (March ~ May). At this time time the elevation keeps 1000m~2000m, average temperature between 12 to 22 ยฐC.
Hapcheon Daeam mountain is a famous paragliding place in Korea offering good conditions even for beginner-pilots. The usual flights are made above Hapcheon city and along the ridge of mountains. Can make route for any directions. Thermal strength in up to 5 m/s. Usual best hours to start is about 12:00. Thermals begin at about 11 a.m. and last until 4 p.m. The conditions are good for flying - no strong winds in this region.
The longest flights made from there exceed 100 km. And the pilots managed to climb as high as 3000 meters ASL. This place has already host a number of paragliding events: Korea Open League 2010,2011

Take-off - 560 ASL (52S 430065.96E, 3932698.05N)
The launch ground is located in 5 km from the nearest town and can be reached by taxi or bus. It takes 25 minutes to get there. The slope descend is about 20 degrees. It is concrete covered. The take off ground allows 2 simultaneous launches. Top landing is difficult, but possible.

Landing - 50 ASL (52S 431169.23E 3934344.33N)
Ground is covered with grass. The landing is located in 2 km to the city, near the road.

Selection and entry fee

Entry fee: 150 USD in local currency.
To be paid by before April 18th.
Local pilot shall be registered with http://www.khpga.org/ to pay the fee and take part in the event.
Foreign pilots shall contact the organizers to participate.
Write to khpga@khpga.org to discuss participation and get payment details.

Prize fund and scoring categories

Top 3 pilots in Overall .
Top 3 pilots in Women.

General schedule

Thursday, April 21. 2016
17:30 - 20:30- Registration and Waypoint download

Friday, April 22, 2016
Contest flying days

Saturday, April 23, 2016
Contest flying days

Sunday, April 24, 2016
Contest flying days
19:00 - Prize-giving and closing ceremony

Daily schedule

08:00 - Headquarter opens
09:30 - Transport to take-off
11:00 - Meet Director / Task and Safety Committee meetings
11:15 - Pilots' briefing / Previous task official results / Task definition
12:30 - Take-off window opens
16:30 - Scoring office opens
22:00 - Provisional results

Accommodation and Activities

There are more than 20 hotels in Hapcheon.

How to get here

Hapcheon is located in the South of Korea.
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Sangdae-ri, Chogye-myeon, Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
hapcheon South Korea

Plane

Main Airport of South Korea is Incheon (Seoul). From there one shall take a local flight to Daegu (nearest airport) or Busan.

Bus

Form Daegu there is an express intercity bus from Daegu-Sobu bus station. It takes about 1 hour to get to Hapcheon.
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Downloads

Waypoint files

Organizers

Korea hang&para gliding association.
Tel: +82 31 321 2078, Fax: +82 31 321 2079, URL: khpga.org, Address: 2F 1422 Baekokdaero Cheoin-gu Yongin-city 449-935 Korea .

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Tasks and results

Task 1

22 Apr, 2016

31.8 km โ€” Race to goal

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Task 3

24 Apr, 2016

69.1 km โ€” Race to goal

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