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In 1982, HGFA will be dealing with a computer agency rather than stealing computer time. This means that the process may be a little slower than FEES last year. Sending your renewal to anybody other than the Administrator will GUARANTEE NSW that your membership renewal will be Vic. extensively delayed. Q'land. $30 Tas. W.A. A.CT $32 .50 S.A. $35 The total fee is made up of a state fee (which varies), a HGFA fee of $15 and an insurance levy of $10. The fee may be paid by cheque, postal order or bank cheque . DO NOT SEND CASH IN THE MAIL!! Pilots are expected to be members of the Association of the State in which they reside. If you have moved States and you are still a member of your old State, please indicate if you wish your membership to be changed. 3 Japanese harps, drums, food and booze, plus a show by the Austrians in their Lederhausen. The open­ HANGU - GLIDA ing ceremony was another extravagant affair but as it was not flyable, what the hell. The ego got a boost from being mobbed by the crowds of school by Dermot Meaney-San children who had the morning off school for the parade. 25 September - 12 October 1981 After deciding that I wanted to fly in the t~orl d Competiti on in Japan, by hook or by crook, the rumours of disaster started to roll in. Sub­ sequently, as the date drew nearer I began to question my reason for using up $2,000. Of course, if we were to act on 98% of rumours that are spread around in hang gliding circles we would all be heavily into lawn bowls and stamp collect­ ing for full time sports. Most of us in the Oz team had a good time. With many variations of good flying alternating with good times. We arrived safely and cheaply, with our gliders costing only $12.00 each on the last leg. The guy at Adelaide said it could cost up to $300 so I was quite relieved at $12.00. Our first two full days in Beppu looked like all the rumours rolled into one, horizontal rain, at take off. There was a danger of being blown over the back if you held your arms out on the take off ramp. The next day, the 27th, gave us THE AUSTRALIAN TEA~ TAKES A TEA BREAK: a taste of what we could get. First thing we Dermot-San, Moysie-san, Frenchie-san and had 5 kts over the back but by late morning cycles Gi 1mour-san. were coming up the face. While we were waiting for this the poms were soaring another site we could see from Mt. Tsurumi. By midday there were a few well shaped gaggles spread out over We flew on the 2nd although the wind was the Valley from landing to 2,500 above take off. strong at Siguridai take off. The task was to After landing Moysie said to me that flying with take off, turn right, pull the bar in and ridge me was un-nerving. I agreed with him but had to race to landing. It was not so much a race as . explain that I could only fly a square route in a short sprint. Dennis Cummings had the fastest thermals as circling was stirring up a hangover time of 3. minutes, or thereabouts. The Mickey that had 'made in Japan' stamped allover it. The Mouse flyers started to show up with one doing a afternoon turned out to be a mellowing of the whole bunch of 360's in front of landing then mi dday strong choppy 1 i ft. 110s t of the Oz team missing by 100 yds. Oz got two firsts and two had two or three hours of good thermal soaring. seconds. A few Kamikaze pilots provided thrills and spills at take off and landing; only tubes were damaged. The wind was strong on the 3rd up the north/ east ramp. Class two went off first. The task The next day, the 28th, turned on, although was a 3 minute dash to a gate then 1 hour duration . strong and gusty, from the north/east so we used Two of them landed in trees plus there were a lot the other take off from t1t. Tsurumi . Ri ch of scarey landings. One of the class one wind Pfietfer and a local spun into the trees on take dummies went 20 kms in the opposite direction but off. I lost my flying bag for the day so I did it seemed we had to land at the main area for not fly. What a good excuse. some dignatories in town. Th e whole day was eventually called off after a lot of heavy lan.d­ That afternoon we showed the people in down­ ings. When the wind is north/east it is over the town Beppu an old hang gliding custom. A hire back of a hill and down to the landing area. The van jammed with people and one Canadian producing arguments for and against largely depended on how very weird noises and vegetable soup out of the they or their teams fared. side windo~1. Th e morning of the 30th provided some light This day, the 4th, turned out to be a ripper l ift early in the morning but it socked in later. for me and probably only a few others. After Some desperados from North of the Rocky Mountains the wind dummies had their good hour or so of got a flight through what they reckoned was a gap morning air the set task was cross country to one in the cloud. On the evening of the 30th we had of the five landing areas. The first was virt­ an opening party, put on in 'one of the better ually at the base of the hill and number 5 was hotels in tow,n.

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