SAFA Skysailor Magazine

22 SKY SAILOR March-April-May | AUTUMN 2026 April Paragliding State of Origin 3 to 5 April (Easter) Location: Mt Borah, Manilla, NSW Type: PG foot launch XC event Description: PG2, PG3, PG4 with a VHF endorsement and more than 10 hours? Come and fly XC with us in Manilla at State of Origin this Easter. Get your friends together and form your five pilot inland flying crew, (1 mentor plus 4 others). Fly together and score together with a handicap system that rewards low air time pilots with distance multipliers. Registration: Opens 9am (AEDT) 3 March on Newcastle Paragliding Club webpage. Contact: paraglidingstateoforigin@gmail. com Birchip Flatter Than The Flatlands HG Competition 3 to 6 April (Easter long weekend) Location: Birchip, VIC Type: HG cartow event Practice day: Thursday 2 April 2026. Description: HG pilots are invited to the FTTF XC towing competition, conducted over the four-day Easter long weekend. Registration: Visit www.hgcomps.com.au Organiser: Vic HG Comps Inc Dalby Big Air 12 to 18 April Location: Dalby Aerodrome, Dalby, QLD Type: HG aerotow event Practice day: 11 April Entry fee: $200 includes daily briefings, waypoint downloads, on site scoring, presentation dinner. Tow fee: $500 (cash only) to be paid at time of registration on site. Description: Friendly comp to introduce as many HG pilots as possible to the excellent year round flying conditions the area offers. Maximum 40 pilots. Requirements: Open to all pilots with Int/Adv rating, aerotow endorsement, current SAFA membership, experience in XC aerotow in thermic conditions, GPS (including download cables), VHF Radio Operators Licence and VHF radio. Registration: Closes 12am 1 April 2026, open now via website . Pre-SRS Manilla 2026 24 to 27 April (ANZAC weekend) Location: Mt Borah, Manilla, NSW Sanction: FAI sanction pending Type: PG foot launch event Description: Four-day test event for an ongoing SRS series in Australia/New Zealand from 2027. The first C class competition run in Australia under the SRS Events Calendar