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Old January 10th 15, 01:57 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Sean Fidler
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Default US FAI Sailplane Grand Prix Qualifier for 2016? Venue?

It looks like we have 15-20 great folks sincerely interested in participating in this event. I suspect that more will surface once the organization begins and a real event is scheduled.

I have been talking with Brian Spreckley and Eric Mozer for a couple years about this. Initially it seemed there was not enough interest. I think we have it now.

The second question is the venue. I am more than willing to host this in Ionia, MI. This might be a good place to work the kinks out of the process. FAI requires a fairly high standard of organization, media coverage and access, etc. On the other hand, Ionia might be to mundane to attract certain pilots.

With that I would like to offer the idea to the North American gliding community. The US (could be combined with Canada perhaps) qualifier for a FAI Sailplane Grand Prix (SGP) is an incredibly exciting opportunity. Many established clubs or commercial operations in our continents best flying locations could be interested in taking on an event like this. If you are interested in hosting the first event US SGP Qualifier (same thing as is currently happening with the South African SGP Qualifier) please let me know and I will get you up to speed.

If I get flat interest, it will be Ionia, MI 2016.

Sincerely,

Sean