Quote from: flying doc on December 23, 2011, 12:22:22 AM
Gusty..... Lets pool our stock and have a party. I'm sure between the two of us we can take care of a substantial number of guys.

Doc
might get an airlift for my birds, ....Some (Honey)bees can join in too...then all of'em can do Birds and the Bees, if you please..

PS
Jokes apart , sent you the points that needs to be covered by Mr Pithawala while writing to my top brass, Sponsorship , Goodies, prizes , should be done. i don't see any problem in that, Only thing i foresee is, if the Mizo Meet dates clash, then i will opt out, because i feel mizo meet will give  big boost to the hobby in NE, esp Mizo , Manipur, Naga and Tripura. Besides Mr PU Lalthanhawla is extremely excited about this, so i heard, irrespective of my attendance, whatever my org can do will reach the scene. i sincerely hope and pray i reach the scene too, with all the Birds and the Bees

Quote from: jagfab on December 23, 2011, 11:17:37 AM
@ doc @ augustine !! appreciate the kind words !!
looking forward to seeing and meeting all of you guys !!
@ doc we had better carry our own respective stock since there are 2 parties every day
party one at the field
party two after party one ends !!

Done Puneet. Will carry enough stock for both parties and for all 4 days. Hope the registrations start pouring in soon.

Gusty still to get ur mail. Waiting.

@Gusty

Got the mail and forwarded the same to Wasi for needful. I hope the letter would be ready today. It should be couriered max by Monday.

What is the status of registrations?

Doc

Dear Flyers,

HFAA is pleased to announce foreign participation from Ali Machinchy, Al's Hobbies, UK.

Quote from: augustinev on December 23, 2011, 12:52:32 PM
Only thing i foresee is, if the Mizo Meet dates clash, then i will opt out, because i feel mizo meet will give  big boost to the hobby in NE, esp Mizo , Manipur, Naga and Tripura. Besides Mr PU Lalthanhawla is extremely excited about this, so i heard, irrespective of my attendance, whatever my org can do will reach the scene. i sincerely hope and pray i reach the scene too, with all the Birds and the Bees

+++ Gusty Surprise to know that our Chief Minister is Excited

very intelligent man to talk to, knew a lot about VOR,  ILS than any civilian and a politician at that i have come across

Great, I really hope and wish we`ll have a successful RC event mizo rc flyers will try our best.

Got the forms and now getting to register our Valsad team.

It will be a great fun !!! :-) time to practice for the competition.

See u guys there !!

welcome and see you there

Just came back from a 7 day holiday to Rajasthan. Met up with Mr. Sharma and his two sons (Sharma Models). They would be hopefully making it to Surat. Great guys and what an awesome workshop.

Any registrations from the other parts of India?

Doc

Hello Flyers,

[Category Update]
A new separate category "Only for chuck/catapult glider" has been introduced. .....So....Trim your HLG's/DLG's as well as your arm to get the maximum flight time.

.....and....It's not over yet......A new much awaited category of Pylon Racing for electric models will surely supercharge you.

[Lodging Update]
The Gateway Hotels is providing good discounted rate only for event delegates.

Please visit www.Hi-Flyers.in for registration and further information.

Hey that sounds good. More people would be interested, including school children, Keep going HFAA.

@Gusty, Wingco whats the scene with the Mizo event? Hope the dates are not clashing.

Very little being talked about this event? Hope all izz going as per plan. What is the registration strength now?

Looking forward to hearing from the organizers.

Doc

As per organizers site is the meet program details:

Meet Program for 4 days:

2nd February 2012 (Day 1)
7 Am onwards                       Registration
07.00 – 09.00                       Free for all.
09.00 – 11.00                       Competition - Fomies, Scratch build, SPAD, Experimental less than 36"
11.00 – 12.00                       Public Demo / Tea
12.00 – 13.30                       Free for all.
13.30 – 14.00                       Lunch
14.00 – 17.00                       Competition - Fomies, Scratch build, SPAD, Experimental 36" & above 
17.00 – 18.00                       Public Demo
18.00 onwards                      Free for all

3rd February 2012 (Day 2)
07.00 – 08.00                       Free for all. (Engine tune ups for less than .91)
08.00 – 11.00                       Competition - Props less than .91
11.00– 12.00                        Public Demo / Tea
12.00 – 13.30                       Flying Slot – Jets / Props
13.30 – 14.00                       Lunch / Flying slot – Free for all
14.00 – 14.30                       Competition Props .91 to 30 CC / Remaining less than 90 size
14.30 – 17.00                       Competition - Props .91 to 30 CC
17.00 – 18.00                       Public Demo
18.00 – 19.00                       Free for all
19.00 – 20.30                       Competition - Night Flying
20.30 – 23.00                       Barbeque and dinner – Contributory at the field.

4th February 2012 (Day 3)
07.00 – 08.00                       Free for all (Engine tune up for Heli)
08.00 – 09.30                       Competition - Heli (Lining of Jets for competition)
09.30 – 11.00                       Competition - More than 30 cc
11.00 – 13.30                       Public Demo (1100 – 1200) / Competitions – Jets
13.30 – 14.30                       Lunch / Flying Free for all / Engine tune up for free style
14.30 – 17.00                       Competition - Freestyle
17.00 - 18.00                       Public Demo
18.00 – 19.00                       Free for all         
19.30 – 20.30                       Night flying Display (Only display models allowed to fly)
21.00 – 00.00                       Prize distribution followed by dinner at The Gateway, Surat

5th February 2012 (Day 4)
07.00 – 09.00                       Free Slot For all.
09.00– 10.00                        Pylon Racing for Electric Models.
10.00– 11.00                        Chuck & Catapult Gliders.
12.00– 13.30                        Powered Glider (1 min power flight->max glide->spot landing)
13.30 onwards                      Free for all.

Doc
Just discussed with my general, we might send out a team, will send some aeromodellors for sure, have you told them to write to Air Marshal Gogoi ? he might send a team too, in any case Surat is under him . my coming looks doubtful , i am at delhi for what ? i have PMed you. i really feel sad , still i am hopefull , let us see

Hi all,

sorry to be out of scene. had a long long travel which ended with JON (Jets Over Nagpur) yesterday. One amazing get together, amongst few of the primes in our country. Thanks to Anurag Saraf for hosting such an event and in such a wonderful way. Thanks to Mark Hinton (an amazing jet pilot from England), I got to learn a lot from him. Out and out, four days went like a breeze. had fun flying with such wonderful people.

Coming back to the HFAA competition, things are going good...about 40 confirmed participants and over 60 planes registered until now. Major participation still coming from local gujarat and mumbai. Few members from Pune, delhi, indore will also join.

details regarding lodging and boarding has already been posted on the website. I think organizers have done a great job in getting rock bottom rates so far stay is concerned. It caters to almost all genre of people, starting right from 5 star to a medium 2-3 star and going as low as a dormitory.

Transport has been taken care of too, to quite an extent. Participants coming from flight or train, arrangements has been made to pick them and their stuffs from the airport/station until the venue. HFAA has done a good job until now.

Would love to see more and more participation happening...fingers crossed...

Alis participation is a great news....for people who dont know him, he is the owner of Als hobbies (alshobbies.com), UK...a very very well reputed and respected aeromodeller worldwide and a kicka#s jet flyer....trust me guys, its a treat to watch this guy fly jets.....simply awesome....I assume if everything goes fine, we will get to see one the finest jet flying ever happened in our country....also, organizers has limited the foreign participation only to Ali and no other, as they are more concerned about the local participation and dont want the locale interest to fly at the meet go for a toss due to foreign flyers....i think thats a great move.....

requesting again to all, to be a part of this meet as this meet is not a display, its a competition, where every aeromodeller in our country has a slot to participate in.

Wasi

Doc, things looks set as far organizing is concerned...talking to the organizers to post the prize money involved soon, as it may end up in attracting more participation. Also, awaiting the competition routine.

Gusty, all the letters, as suggested has been forwarded to concerned. Hope they revert. I really wish to see you at the meet. Please try to come.

wasi,
i am hoping to, even in this cold -5 to -7 deg i am going in the morning for my practice, looping lomcevak people thought isn't possible, i am working on it, atleast got the upper half going, all for the meet. hope god i make it.

Dear All,

Participants desirous of availing the Club's transport facility from airport / Station to the venue and back, please give your names and necessary details to Mr. Chintan Gandhi so as to enable proper scheduling. There will be buses from HFAA ferrying to and fro from airport and station to the venue...

That's more like it, now things seem to be looking up. I really hope there are more registrations from the rest of India.

Doc

guys we have pulled in TAJ THE GATEWAY, Surat as our hospitality partners... for bookings mail on will revert you with the tariffs... cheers

guys...

just got news from one of my friend that there are only 18 rooms left in Gateway...almost all the other hotels in close vicinity are full as its supposedly a marriage season in that part of the world....people wanting to attend the event, please catch hold of Chintan and freeze on acco else it will become a major hassle later...

How many people registered for the event? Any facilities for Lunch at the field? Wow just 10 days left for the event to begin.

Doc

i guess there is no lunch served at the field ,,,btw how many from this forum gonna be present

lets take attendance ,,roll no 1
                               roll no 2
                               roll no 3