Programme : Tueday, 27 and Wednesday 28 of Augustus : Possible training days Thursday, 29 Augustus: 9:00 – 12:00 Training Arrival of crews and judges till 14:00 14:00 Registration and check of helicopter documents Belgian Open 15:00 Briefing judges 16:00 Briefing teams/ Event 1 Navigation Helicopter Championship 17:30 Opening Ceremony on the Airfield 29thAugustus to 1st September 2013 Friday, 30 Augustus: 10:00 Start Event 1 (Navigation) Lunch Airfield St-Hubert 16:30 Briefing Event 2 and 3 Saturday, 31 Augustus: Aims of the Championship: 10:00 Start Event 2 (Precision) The Event underlies the Regulation of the International Air Sports Federation Lunch (FAI) were Helicopter Crews demonstrate their ability to coordinate their skills 14:00 Start Event 3 (Fender) 16:30 Briefing Event 4 to achieve accurate flying task, generally against the clock. Sunday, 01 September : All events are derived from search and rescue operation and emergency 10:00 Start Event 4 (Slalom) management Lunch 14:00 Overfly of St Hubert with flags of every participating Participants: country - More than 30 crews (pilot and co-pilote) 15:00 Flight demonstration with different types of helicopters - More than 40 judges 19:00 Closing ceremony and prizing giving. Banquet dinner - 11 nations (Austria, Belarussia, Belgium, Germany, Great-Britain, Contact : France, Italy, New- Zealand, Poland, Russia, Switzerland) Jacques BERLO - More than 23 helicopters and different types of helicopters (R22, R44, Belgian Delegate at the FAI – Rotorcraft Commission Bel206, Guimbal Cabri, EC135, Hughes, Gazelle) E-mail : [email protected] Tel : 00 32 (0)475 24 14 61 Events: - Navigation - Precision - Fender - Slalom Responsible of the airfield Franck Dubarry Commandant airfield Saint Hubert Rules: Reference to the Regulation of the International Air Sports E-mail : [email protected] Federation (FAI) Tel : 00 32 (0)61 61 00 11 Précision : Slalom : In the Slalom event, the The Precision event crew picks up a bucket of demands exact hovering water using a hand-held along a given course in a rope beneath the helicopter. given altitude, forward, The pilot maneuvers the sideward, backward and helicopter on announcement with vertical turns, ending of the copilot through a with an exact landing on a series of gates and places spot the bucket on a small table at the end of the course. Fender : Navigation : In the Fender event In the Navigation event helicopters complete a crews have to find sign course with gates and laydowns in a defined area containers with boat and name them. At the end fenders attached to a they bring down small sacks rope held by the copilot. in a target and a skittle into a As the pilot cannot see roof-light. the sling load as well, he responds to the copilot’s instructions, thus requiring exceptional For every imprecise team work and lots of accomplishment penalties practice. are added so finally the most accurate Team will succeed in winning the championship .