SHPF Blog
23 March 2010
Standardised European Rules of the Air - your action needed.
Hang gliding and paragliding is once again under serious threat. Eurocontrol, the "European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation" has produced for consultation its draft version of its proposed Standardised European Rules of the Air (SERA).
Whilst the aim of having one single set of Rules of the Air that applies right across Europe may seem attractive, unfortunately whoever has written the draft has clearly not given a single thought to hang gliders and paragliders. Some of the proposed rules will have a massive detrimental impact on our ability to go and fly. (E.g. 4.6 bans flight below 500 feet ? so ridge soaring will be effectively outlawed!)
4 consultation documents.
http://www.eurocontrol.int/enprm/public/standard_page/enprm10002.html
Here are the BHPAs suggested response guidelines ....
BHPA-Comments.pdf
Choose some of the points outlined and, in your own words, complete the "Consultation Response Sheet ? Enclosure 3" that you downloaded. Ideally you should express dissatisfaction with the SERA proposals along the lines of "the current safe, entirely legal activity would be made illegal by this change". (The BHPA response will suggest alternate wordings ? and it may be counter-productive if you try to create "in your own words" alternatives to our proposals.)
Whilst the aim of having one single set of Rules of the Air that applies right across Europe may seem attractive, unfortunately whoever has written the draft has clearly not given a single thought to hang gliders and paragliders. Some of the proposed rules will have a massive detrimental impact on our ability to go and fly. (E.g. 4.6 bans flight below 500 feet ? so ridge soaring will be effectively outlawed!)
4 consultation documents.
http://www.eurocontrol.int/enprm/public/standard_page/enprm10002.html
Here are the BHPAs suggested response guidelines ....
BHPA-Comments.pdf
Choose some of the points outlined and, in your own words, complete the "Consultation Response Sheet ? Enclosure 3" that you downloaded. Ideally you should express dissatisfaction with the SERA proposals along the lines of "the current safe, entirely legal activity would be made illegal by this change". (The BHPA response will suggest alternate wordings ? and it may be counter-productive if you try to create "in your own words" alternatives to our proposals.)
- Send your completed comments to Eurocontrol before the closing date of 12th April 2010:
Mr Olivier MROWICKI
SES Mandate Manager SERA
EUROCONTROL
Rue de la Fusée, 96
B-1130 Brussels, Belgium
sesframework@eurocontrol.int or Fax to +322 729 5190
Labels: 2010, action, bhpa, flight, free, SERA, threat
24 December 2009
Just a collection of links that you may be interested in from the BHPA`s Skywings magazine...
Seasons greetings to you.
Please find below a collection of links to websites as featured in the latest BHPA Skywings Dec 09 magazine.
The first thing to bring your attention to is that the first few back issues of Skywings are now available electronically and if you are a BHPA member you can subscribe here ...
BHPA Safety notices.
BHPA licensed reserve parachute re-packers.
Morillas at 7800m paramotor video
St Hilaire (2009) photos by Ilan Ginzburg
Acrox air games 3rd - 6th June 2010 - Manisa Turkey
A little on Ozone`s Baby HPP
CAA Future Airspace Strategy 5.45Mb pdf
Link to interactive Airband radio guide 9+ mb
Formal investigation reports including that for Gordon MacGregor
USHPA 2010 Calendars
Hang gliding calendar from the Netherlands
New Zealand Paragliding Open - Nelson Round 1 and Rotorua Round 2
Video - The Birdman of the Karakorum - On John Silvester`s website - £22.95 and Youtube trailer
Adrenaline & Turbulence £22.95 video.
French 3D GPS moving map Airspace software
"My brilliant idea" - Squash Falconer - more details from her trip and techical info from Irwyn Jehu.
"Paragliding photography explained" - which I came across having searched on Felix Woelk who wrote the article on flying the Marmolada.
Please find below a collection of links to websites as featured in the latest BHPA Skywings Dec 09 magazine.
The first thing to bring your attention to is that the first few back issues of Skywings are now available electronically and if you are a BHPA member you can subscribe here ...
BHPA Safety notices.
BHPA licensed reserve parachute re-packers.
Morillas at 7800m paramotor video
St Hilaire (2009) photos by Ilan Ginzburg
Acrox air games 3rd - 6th June 2010 - Manisa Turkey
A little on Ozone`s Baby HPP
CAA Future Airspace Strategy 5.45Mb pdf
Link to interactive Airband radio guide 9+ mb
Formal investigation reports including that for Gordon MacGregor
USHPA 2010 Calendars
Hang gliding calendar from the Netherlands
New Zealand Paragliding Open - Nelson Round 1 and Rotorua Round 2
Video - The Birdman of the Karakorum - On John Silvester`s website - £22.95 and Youtube trailer
Adrenaline & Turbulence £22.95 video.
French 3D GPS moving map Airspace software
"My brilliant idea" - Squash Falconer - more details from her trip and techical info from Irwyn Jehu.
"Paragliding photography explained" - which I came across having searched on Felix Woelk who wrote the article on flying the Marmolada.
Labels: 2009, bhpa, December, links, Skywings
