Usman'
May 16 – May 26 2018
Bulletin No. 1
Location
Airfield:Usman', Russian Federation
ICAO Code:UUOU
Coordinates:N052.01'42"E039.40'06"
Elevation AMSL:161 m
Runway:Grass, RWY12/30 900x100m
Frequency:120,650 MHz
Contact
Mobile: +79039033004 (Nina Shalneva)
E-mail:
Time schedule
1.Start оnline registration10.12.17
2.End online registration10.02.18
3.Confirmation of pilots in primary entry list12.02.18
4.Entry fee payment period for primary list pilots13.02-25.02.18
5.Announcement of places for reserve list pilots01.03.18
6.Entry fee payment period for reserve list pilots01.03-15.03.18
9.Publishing of final list of accepted pilots20.03.18
10.Announcement of wild card21.03.18
11.Unofficial Training13.05-15.05.18
12.Official Training16.05-18.05.18
13.Scrutineering16.05-18.05.18
14.First opening briefing18.05.18
15.Contest flying19.05 - 26.05.18
16.Public dayTBA
17.Prize Giving Ceremony and dinner26.05.18
Competition officials
Competition director:Nina Shalneva
Referee: TBA
Tasksetting: AleksandrNitovskyi, cheef scorer
Meteorologist: Elmer Joandi,Ivan Kravchenko (TBA)
Scorerteam: Vladimir Karsakov, Lada Balamut
Website:
Head of the organizing committee:Lada Balamut
Competition Class
Monoclass: Jantar Std., Jantar Std.2, JantarStd.3 (without water ballast)
There are possibilities to hire a glider of competition class in Russia. You have to contact organizing team in case you need a glider. The organizing team will seek renting possibilities and provide any information concerned.
Please note that you have to get pilot license’s validation including medical examination in case you are flying RU registered glider. Organizing team will provide any possible help to get such validation, but it may take you 1-2 days in advance before competition.
Participation with own glider is allowed. Please contact the organizers for details. License validation and medical examination for participants on gliders with non-RU registration is not required.
Note! In any case (license validation or flights permition for the glider) pilots should send the list of documents until the end of February 2018.
Entries
Registration: The pilot registration form is available on
Number of entries:
The number of entries for the Sailplane Grand PrixUsman'2018 is limited to a number of 20 pilots:
-14 places are allocated for national entries,
-5 places are allocated for international entries,
-1 “wild card” place
Ifatthe preliminaryclosingdatetherearemore entriesthanallocated,prioritywillbe given according to the IGC ranking list. The final list of accepted pilots will be published according to the FAI Ranking list valid at 1st of February 2018.
Pilot Criteria
-Must be a citizen or resident of the country of one the FAI member NACs, must satisfy the conditions of the FAI Sporting Code, General Section 3.7 on citizenship and representation;
-Mustholdagoldbadge,or,holdasilverbadgeor havecompetedinatleastone National Championship;
-Must have flown at least 250 hours as a pilot in command, of which at least 100 hours must be in sailplanes;
-Must hold an FAI Sporting License valid for 2018 according to FAI license database;
- Must hold a Pilot License or equivalent document issued or endorsed by the authorities of ICAO;
-Must know, understand, and abide by the FAI Rules and the Local Procedures issued for the World Sailplane Grand Prix, by any rulings and requirements stated by the Organizers at any briefings, and the airspace regulations in force during the Championships.
Entry fee
Entry fee will be 150 €for each participating pilot and covers all operational costs, except aero tows.
Bank account details for entry fee will be published later.
Accepted pilots will be asked to transfer Entry fee after 13thof February. Please do not pay Entry fee before 13th of February. The payment will have to be done by 25thFebruary by bank transfer to the mentioned account.
Competition Area and Airspace
The contest area is allow to build tasks without or with minimum influence of controlled, restricted, dangerous or prohibited airspace. Available airspaceis free of restrictions to the west and east directions with the altitude 0 - 3000m QNH. There could be rare cases with local limitations up to 1500m QNH.
Local Procedures
The local procedures will be published on the competition website.
Aero tows
Aero tow to 700 m AMSL is 20 €.
Contest Numbers
The rules concerning the visibility of contest numbers must be followed (see Sailplane Grand Prix rules). If two contest numbers are identical or possibly easy to confuse (e.g. “India, India” and “one, one”) thecompetitors which registration occurred later will be required to change his Contest Number.
Flight Documentation
DocumentationwillbedonebyGNSSFRsonly.Allflightrecorders,whichhavereceivedIGC approval for IGC championships before the May16th, 2018, will be admitted. This applies to both primary and secondary flight recorders. Please note that valid GNSS FR calibration certificate notolder than 60 months for primary and secondary GNSS FRs may be required.
Accommodation
Special offers for the competitors will be published at official home page soon.
Insurance requirements
Personalmedicalinsuranceisrequiredforallteammembers,coveringaccidentsandsickness, including any hospital costs and transport back to the team member’s country of residence. Pilotsshall ensure that their coverage extends to accidents and injuries sustained in gliding competitions.
Official Home Page
Bulletinsandalladditionalinformationconcerningtheeventwillbeavailableat
Published information in hard copy will not be provided.