SAFA Skysailor Magazine

18 SKY SAILOR March | April 2022 We were determined not to cancel the Forbes Flatlands 2022 this year and it paid off in spades! Forbes was another great success with super flying conditions, albeit with a much smaller flying group. We had 13 pilots in the Open Class and six in Sport Class, with a pilot in each class joining halfway through the comp, finishing with a total of 21 pilots. We flew eight of the nine days, including the practice day. The Open Class flew over 1000km with some gaining over 39 airtime hours! While the Sport Class had some challenging tasks, flying over 400km during the comp. We welcomed new pilots to competition and saw Richard McLeod flying daily PBs and winning the Emma Martin Encouragement award. All in all, we had a great comp, it was so much fun to be back sharing the air with these great pilots. With the smaller flying group, we opted to hold the headquarters at the Forbes Aeroclub and lots of pilots camped and used the club’s facilities. We kept everyone up to date with daily social media posts, utilising a different pilot to write up each day report. As always, a very grateful thank you to all the special people putting this event together. • • Bill and Molly Moyes – owning the three Dragonflys and the paddock. • • Tug pilots – Steve McCarthy, John Blaino Blain and Marco Carelli – maintaining the paddock and the Dragonflys. • • Officials – Wesley Hill, Greg Cain, Rob Van Der Klooster. Fantastic Forbes 2022 by Vicki Cain