US FAI Sailplane Grand Prix Qualifier for 2016? Venue?

Congratulations, Sean!

I wish you great success.

On 3/5/2015 11:05 AM, Sean Fidler wrote:
Its official! The bid for the first ever US FAI Sailplane Grand Prix Qualifier has been approved by the FAI Board of Directors!

Here is a quick overview on the 2016 US Sailplane Grand Prix Qualifier...

PURPOSE: Besides great fun and pure sailplane racing, to qualify 2 pilots for the 7th FAI Sailplane Grand Prix World Championship
DATES: July 24-31, 2016
VENUE: Ionia, Michigan @ the Ionia County Airport (Y70) - http://www.airnav.com/airport/y70
COMPETITION CLASS: 15 meter
MAX # of COMPETITORS: 20 - 5 spots reserved for foreign pilots
WEBSITE: www.sgp.aero
about: http://www.sgp.aero/about-sgp-racing...contestID=1066
IGC GRAND PRIX RULES: http://www.sgp.aero/about-sgp-racing...contestID=2836
UNOFFICIAL EVENT FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/USASailplaneGrandPrix - This will "phase out" as we get closer to the event
OFFICIAL FAI SGP FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/faisgp - This will "phase in" as we get closer to the event

REGISTRATION: Registration for the first ever US SGP Qualifer will open later this year. I have been receiving a large number of inquiries and hope to have more information shortly. If you are planning on registering for the 2016 US SGP Qualifier, please 1) like the Facebook page, 2) send me a brief email and I will keep you informed. At this point it looks very likely that the event will fill quickly including the 5 reserved foreign pilot slots.

SPONSORS: The budget for this event will be well over $20,000 USD. SGP events are highly catered to local, national and international media. We will be contracting photographers, videographers, etc. Live broadcasts of the flying will be offered with the FAIs new sailplane tracking technology. We are already well into discussions with a number of great sponsors. We plan on making several announcements over the next few weeks and months. If you have any sponsorship idea's are are interested in sponsoring the 2016 US SGP Qualifier event, please let us know.

VOLUNTEERS: As always, we are looking for volunteers, help, support and assistance. Please contact me if you wish to participate in making this event a truly great one!

PRACTICE: We are looking into a weekend this August (2015) to run some practice tasks. We are also going to run a fun Grand Prix next spring to gain further, more official practice. These practice events will be open to all. I will make announcements as the dates are formalized.

Sincerely,

Sean
7T
SMFIDLER AT G MAIL DOT COM



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