SAFA Skysailor Magazine

17 January | February 2022 SKY SAILOR triangular course of 100km. The day was booming and Vic Hare was first to cloudbase. Tempted to start, but knowing that Neil Hooke would get to base in a few minutes, Vic waited in the start circle for some company. Vic and ‘Hookey’ managed to fly much of the first leg together. Vic made goal and initially claimed the record with a speed of 43km/h, which turned out to be incorrect. The entire team thought that the finish height relative to start height only mattered on triangles of less than 100km and had intentionally managed their finish heights on Monday’s 50km triangle but not on Tuesday. However, after further review of the rules it actually does matter on triangles of less than 125km. A recalculation resulted in Vic’s final continental record claim of 30.9km/h flying a WW T2C 136. Hookey made goal some time later, a respectable effort which would have been an Oceanic record claim if he wasn’t smothered in Vic’s dust at goal. We’re hardly claim- ing to be sky gods and are well aware that any decent pilot could have had a crack on the day. We are stoked to have been in the right place at the right time to take advantage of a pumping sky, and grateful for all the assistance of the bloke in the ‘FAI Official’ shirt. Cheers Wes! Forms and Documents SAFA Documents are now available in the Member Zone of the SAFA website . To access them select then select ‘Documents’ in the left-hand menu. These documents are constantly updated, so download them only when required. DO NOT save them for later use. The office will not accept outdated forms. Documents available to the general public are accessible on the website under: ‘Pilot Tools’  Forms & Docs Visiting Pilot Membership Pilots requiring Visiting Pilot Memberships please go to www.safa. asn.au/visiting-international-pilots SAFA Office Manager