SAFA Skysailor Magazine

7 September | October 2023 SKY SAILOR credit for next year if you cancel. Text one of the contact people below if you are coming, payment by the weekend before to The Pico Club Inc. BSB 633-108 Acc 1279 82874. You must register so we can organise catering. We will close registration once the attendance reaches 80. The launch is about 3km from the camp. Google maps will find it at #1 Gerhardt Hoff- manns Lane. The paddock is 10 hectares and will have short grass. It has slight slopes so we can get a downhill take-off no matter the wind direction. There are almost no restrictions on where you can fly – it is open farmland. The site is friendly to inexperienced pilots and the event is friendly to any pilots who do not know anyone else who will be there. Equipment can be stored at the launch site. The camping facilities will be available from early in the week. Anybody leaving before Monday morning is requested to clean up as much as possible, so it is not left to Jeff to clean up on Monday. Milbrulong is about five hours drive from Melbourne, seven hours from Sydney, and about 12 hours from Adelaide. It is 50km west of Wagga Wagga in southern NSW and about 10km from Lockhart. There are no shops, petrol stations or pubs at Milbrulong, so plan to bring what you want and need or drive the 10km to Lockhart. Photo: Jos Weemaes Our spacious venue paddock Photo: Courtesy Rob Bexon The fly-in will not be cancelled no matter what the weather. The objective is to fly ourselves silly. If we cannot fly, we will talk and test things (a thrust test bench, porosity meter, scales and hang frame will be available). A pilot safety briefing will be held each evening, plus some awards handed out and a time for people with commercial interest in the sport to be heard. People with a commercial interest in the sport can display wares at the hall and will have the opportunity to tell us what they do on Saturday night. Second-hand gear for sale can also be dis- played. There will be no flying on Monday. The show will not be allowed to drag on because we have other commitments, and everybody must be involved in the cleaning up because there is nobody else. For more information contact: • • President Will Manley 0447 731 799 • • Secretary Rob Bexon 0447 671 156 • • Landowner Jeff Hoffmann 0429 206 233 • • Aerochute contact Mark Kendall 0439 755 507 We are open to any and all suggestions, and look forward to seeing you.