Dear Hobbyists,

Its that time of the year again when I used to get grossly involved with Wings India team in planning "Aamby Valley International Aeromodeller's Meet" every year, since last 7 years. Unfortunately, this year, organizers have decided to take a break. So sad new is, no Aamby Valley this year ...or even if Wings India Meet happens, it may be on a very small scale and it will not be in Aamby...so no witnessing world class flying, no interactions with renowned international flyers, no peek at the setup and more importantly, no learning, atleast for me.

Now the good thing is, I am very happy to announce that HFAA (HI- FLYERS Aeromodeller's Association ), a very prominent club in Surat, Gujarat, has organized "H.F.A.A. Aeromodelling Meet 2012" at CK Pithawalla college of Engineering near Surat, Gujarat, India. The meet is scheduled from 2nd until 5th of February' 2012. As the official invite is yet to come and announcements yet to be made on website, below are few very exciting activities that will happen in the said meet;

1. Its focused more on the giving recognition to national flyers than international one. There will be competitions in all the categories for various flying levels like novice, intermediate and expert. There will be a fair system of judging where known aeromodellers from around the country have volunteered. If I am not mistaken, this will be one of its kind competition happening in India.
2. organizers are more poised to conduct the meet for the "Masses" rather than for the "Class".
3. There are expected international participation but it will be very very limited.
4. There will be night flying and maybe night flying competition also.
5. A separate category for small electrics, spads and experimental models.
6. there will spaces provided for local hobby shops to put up their stalls.
7. the meet is open for localites to come and witness. hence, loads of local spectators expected.

this and a lot more....a bit late announcement though, but this meet is sure to be a turn on and probably a stepping stone for propelling local competitions in our country.

More details about the meet will be available soon. As and when I get any update, I will keep it posted.

On behalf of the organizers, I request all the hobbyists to be a part of this exciting and most promising event ever.

Wasi

[Admin Note] Direct link to event details :  http://www.growel.com/hfaa/hfaa2012.html

count me in wasi, building CARF YAK, might get to airlift it to AAE thinking of bringing my Addictions and other aeroplanes depending on the competitions, had a chat with Doc and Varun

Great going Wasi.  Beautiful beginning. Team Indore should be there if all works out. When would the competition format be out? Would it be a fair competition, or just a lot of fun flying. If it is what I have understood from your post, I must say  to the organizers for doing what they are doing for the betterment of the hobby.
Waiting impatiently for further details. I hope the registration charges are not too high, considering that a lot of new comers would be interested in the competition.


Doc

Wasi, is this a meet or a competition. If a competition do change the subject line to "HFAA Aeromodelling Competition 2012.

Waiting for the format.

Doc

hey wasi when the format will be out , im eagerly waiting for ur reply

Dear Akshat,

The format is out on the website www.hi-flyers.in....

Dear Sir Augustinev,

We are grateful to you for having accepted our invitation. It shall be our pleasure to have you amongst us and we look forward to it. Other details coming to you soon...

Doc,

thankyou so much for those encouraging words but if it hadn't been you, the competition sequence would not have come in effect...thank you so much for your time and efforts....it will be great to have you and your team with us....and you please come prepare, u know for what....

so far "meet" and "competition" is concerned, lets keep it as meet only....its for ppl who will participate probably not to compete, but more importantly, to make it a success....in the true spirit of the hobby sir....hope u buy my point here....!!!

will keep troubling you so far this meet goes....pls dont mind...

Wasi

WOW, Fabulous initiative. The schedule looks great and there's something for every one.
When do the registrations open?
Hope the online registration link becomes functional soon.
Does the 1st person registering get some added incentive?   

Best wishes

Doc

Guys out of personal experiance i can say confidently that team HFAA did a awesome job in 2009 on each and every front ie host, setup, events etc etc etc

Over 3 days we had 15,000 + visitors with all of them clamouring for more !!

Hope to be there with all the members of team HFAA !! and have a flying time over the weekend in feb !!
BTW team HFAA u need a compare for the 3 days !! ( im not reporting for that job !! )

Hi but I am in saudi....

Hi
Its great Wasi but now I am in saudi may be I come there.
Wasim Ahmad

i can pitch in, whenever you need a water / beer break
PS
Alas! Surat is dry and only i have access to such stuff

Quote from: jagfab on December 21, 2011, 04:15:52 PM
Guys out of personal experiance i can say confidently that team HFAA did a awesome job in 2009 on each and every front ie host, setup, events etc etc etc

Over 3 days we had 15,000 + visitors with all of them clamouring for more !!

Hope to be there with all the members of team HFAA !! and have a flying time over the weekend in feb !!
BTW team HFAA u need a compare for the 3 days !! ( im not reporting for that job !! )

@ punit sir...... .....u dont have that authority....the three monkeys already decided who will compare....i spoke to you already about this thing....no one can replace you.. ...

Sir Augustine....

Thank you so much...

btw, this "dry" thing has bothered so many ppl....wished there was a way out...

doc,

name changed to "Competition"....so its HFAA Aeromodelling Competition 2012...

Wasi, You are such a darling.

Sounds so much better.

Guys what do u say now, 3 days of hard core competition for any and everyone, after nearly a gap of 30 yrs (I hear that such kind of National level competitions used to be held way back in the '80's). I hope the online registrations start soon so that everyone can register at the earliest.

I believe that this event would be a forerunner for a National circuit of competitive flying in the years to come and maybe sometime soon we would have some talented flyers going for International events. This event being open to all classes of flyers and also being one which would have a fair judging pattern, would be a great event to be in.

Hoping to see some inputs from the senior members on the forum.
Regards
Doc

Jagfab, any event without your voice and without ur twin engines seems so dry. Missed hearing ur voice the last time we were in Aamby. Can't miss it again. The mantle to compere will always be with you. I don't know who the 3 monkeys are but at the end of the day, the 3 monkeys are always correct. 

i heard there are four monkeys

  .....dat will keep me engaged for the whole day.....haha....

Gusty !!!!......  . ....  

Changed the topic name from "Meet" to "Competition"....

"Let the games begin!"

Now, that seems so much better. The ball is rolling and the fun times start soon.

Hey the online registration form is online. The first guy to register gets a ...














From my side.

Doc

Quote from: augustinev on December 21, 2011, 05:46:01 PM
i can pitch in, whenever you need a water / beer break
PS
Alas! Surat is dry and only i have access to such stuff

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 @ 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 !!