SAFA Skysailor Magazine

27 September | October 2022 SKY SAILOR Camping and cabins on-site. Area includes two kitchens, BBQ, bar & swimming pool. Bookings for cabins are essential – contact Godfrey Wenness Information: Visit flymanilla.com Flow Corryong PG Open 2023 28 January to 4 February Location: Corryong, VIC Sanctions: SAFA AAA, FAI Cat 2 Description: Set in Australia’s best place to fly. Registration: Via Airtribune Organiser: Dave Gibbs February NSW Hang Gliding State Titles 2023 12 to 18 February Location: Mt Borah, Manilla, NSW Type: Foot launch HG competition Practice day: 11 February Great comp for first time inland flyers and advanced pilots. Read this year’s event report in this issue. Registration: wow.asn.au Organiser: Karl Kindl 0412 675 293 Forbes Hang Gliding Flatlands 2023 19 to 26 January Location: BMIA Bill Moyes International Airport Forbes, NSW Sanctions: FAI Cat 2, SAFA AAA for Open Class and SAFA AA for Sport Class Type: HG aerotow event Practice day: 18 January Registration: 18 January, 10am-12pm and 4-6pm at HQ Forbes Aeroclub, Bedgerabong Rd, Forbes (Artie Wright Dr). Fees: Entry $400 includes welcome and pres- entation dinners and trophies, and Aerotow fee $450 includes unlimited tows, club and site fees for nine days. Retrieves: You need to arrange your own retrieval team, for help with matchmaking contact fly@forbesflatlands.com Register: forbesflatlands.com Manilla XC Camp 2023 21 to 28 January Location: Mt Borah, Manilla, NSW Briefings: Initial 20 January 8pm, First Day 21 January 9am, Day briefings 9.30am Description: FREE event with XC pilots of all levels from around Australia and the world attending at Australia’s premier XC flying site. Informal flight distances are scored using the online systems of your choice or your straight line GPS Open Distance - easy, just load your daily distance via the online score sheet. Come for as many days as you like, fly XC as far as you can, learn from some of the best pilots from around the world in a friendly atmosphere. In the past pilots have regularly flown 200km, even over 300km and novice pilots have achieved PBs over 100km.