CIA PLENARY MINUTES 2002APPENDIX 7
MINUTES OF THE CIA SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING
HELD IN Riga, Latvia ON MARCH 7 TH 2002
Present:Bengt Stener (SWE)
Don Cameron (UK)
Jean Sax (BEL)
Maco Oiwa (JPA)
Observer:Saburo lchiyoshi (JPA)
C. Van Helden (NED)
1. Reports from 2001.
Event / Country / Safety Officer / ReportBaltic Cup 2001 (Premier Sporting
Event) / Latvia / Risto Jalava (FIN) / Cancelled
AX World Air Games 2001 / Spain / Alex Nagors i (CAN) / Received
AA World Air Games 2001 / Spain / Waiter Muller (GER) / Not
Received
South American Championships
2001 / Brazil / Dieter Kubail (BRA) / Cancelled
Mobilux Trophy 2001 / Luxemburg / Dirk Formberger (LUX) / Cancelled
Coupe d'Europe and Ladies WC
2001 / France / Michel Achard (FRA) / Not
Received
45thGordon Bennett 2001 / Germany / Waiter Muller (GER) / Not
Received
Motegi 2001 / Japan / Maco Oiwa (JPN) & Jean Sax (BEL) / Received
Saga 2001 / Japan / Maco Oiwa (JPN) / Received
The SC discussed the received reports and comments from the Safety Officers. It is important that the SC receives reports from the Safety Officers. A Safety Officer must send in his report before being eligible for a subsequent event.
The SC believes that it is important that the Safety Officer have a briefing with the launch masters before the event.
2. Safety Officers for Events 2002
Event / Date / Country / Safety Officer23rd Hungarian National Championship
2nd MOL Cup Debrecen / 15-20 May 2002 / Hungary / Istvan CSERAI-JAI
(HUN)
CAL Mobilux 2002 / 24-28 Juli 2002 / Luxemburg / Jean Sax (BEL)
Coupe d'Europe/Ladies World Cup / 1-4 August 2002 / France / Michel ACHARD (FRA)
World Championships 2002 / 24-31 August
2002 / France / J6r6me POGUET (FRA)
46e Gordon Bennett / 31 August 2002 / France / Waiter Muller (GER)
2002 Motegi HAB International
Championship + Honda World & Japan GP / 19-25 November
2002 / Japan / Maco O1WA (JAP)
3Updating of Safety handbook
The SC do not have any updates for the handbook this year, the small points we recognised that
needed to be updated will be updated next year.
Next year shall the handbook be updated with more on procedures for Safety Officers in Gas
Balloon events. The handbook is today more oriented to Hot Air events.
4Report on the investigation about medical examination requirements of different countries
The SC thinks this investigation is an important issue and must be done and we will try to have it
done as soon as possible.
5Safety Bulletins.
The SC shall publish a Safety Bulletins on Tethering Balloons. Responsible Don and Bengt.
6The Safety library.
Jean reported about the contents of the Safety Library. The SC decided to go through all
documents.
Don will take care of accidents reports,
Bengt Pilot Safety
Jean the rest of the documents and Books.
7Miscellaneous.
The SC fells that they have to be more informed about the work in Europe Air Sports.
The procedures to empty flight cylinders after an event has to be covered in the Safety Officer
Handbook.
8Nomination of Safety SubCommittee for 200212003.
Bengt Stener (SWE), Chairman
Jean Sax (BEL)
Don Cameron (UK)
Maco Oiwa (JAP)
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