FAI/CIVL press release, Paris, 01st July
1997 Who's who in CIVL
Many pilots wonder about CIVL (Commission Internationale
de Vol Libre) and who are the personalities behind it. It
may come as a surprise to learn that they are all first
and foremost pilots, who are enthusiastic about advancing
our wonderful sports in the international arena. They are
all volunteers and are not paid for their time, work and
knowedge which they give willingly for the benefit of all
hang glider and paraglider pilots around the world. CIVL
is part of the FAI (Federation Aeronautique
Internationale) and is responsible for the international
aspects of hang gliding and paragliding. CIVL is headed
by a 'Bureau' of elected officers, made up of the CIVL
President, 4 Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer
(all well known personalities in hang gliding and
paragliding). The current 'Bureau' consists of:
- President:
- Per Christian Daehlin (Norway) -
he has been a member of CIVL sine 1989
and President for the last four years. He
flies both hang gliders and paragliders
and is partner in one of Norway's leading
hang gliding and paragliding schools. He
has initiated many projects which have
strengthened the structure of CIVL,
including the introduction of the
International Pilot Proficiency
Idenitification (IPPI) cards, which have
helped to remove some of the barriers to
the worldwide spread of the sport.
e-mail: pcd@newmedia.no
Vice Presidents:
- Olivier Burghelle (France) -
Olivier has been hang gliding since 1982
and paragliding since 1991. He has been a
competition pilot and an instructor. He
retired as a sea Captain in 1986 and
became more and more involved with the
Fédération Française de Vol Libre
(FFVL) - he has been Vice President,
General Secretary and Treasurer as well
as chairing the French Hang Gliding
Competitions Commission. In addition he
has been Meet Director at the 1994
European Hang Gliding Championships and
the 1995 Class 2 World Championships. He
is also President of the Paragliding
World Cup Association, Vice President of
Europe Airsports, French delegate to CIVL
and Vice President of CASI (FAI - Air
Sport General Commission).
e-mail: none Per Jutemar (Sweden)
- 38yrs old computer consultant from
Stockholm. Per has flown paragliders
since 1989 and been on Swedish national
team 92-96. He is a paragliding
instructor and on the Board of the
Swedish Paragliding Association. He
became alternate delegate for Sweden in
1994 and is the newest bureau member
being elected as a Vice President in
1997.
e-mail: per.jutemar@essnet.se
Dennis Pagen (USA) - most
famous for his text books on flying and
flying weather. Dennis has been one of
the leading experts since the early days
of hang gliding. He is currently
President of the World Hang Gliding
Series and Chairman of the CIVL Working
Group for Class Definition. When not
flying he writes and publishes his books
with the assistance of his wife Claire
who is also a very accomplished hang
glider pilot.
e-mail: pagenbks@lazerlink.com
Howard Travers (UK) - 35 years
old, Director of International Operations
for an American Portfolio Management
Software Company in London. He has been
flying paragliders since 1989 and is one
of the driving forces behind British
paragliding, with involvement in many
aspects (including; PR, Marketing &
Journalism). He has competed in the
British Paragliding championships since
1991 (always in the top 25), has served 4
years as Chairman of the British
Competitions Committee, been a member of
several British Teams, as well as British
Team Manager (most recently at the
European Championships in Norway and the
Pre World Air Games). In addition he
founded the highly successful British
Paragliding Cup. Howard is the UK
delegate to CIVL and was elected a Vice
President in 1995 and is Chairman for the
CIVL Paragliding Competitions
sub-committee.
e-mail: howard_travers@compuserve.com
Secretary:
- Noel Whittal (UK) - Started hang
gliding in 1973 and still flies them,
although he now concentrates on
paragliders. Noel is an ex-chairman of
the British Hang Gliding Association
(BHGA). He has been Secretary of CIVL
since 1986 and is also Chairman for the
CIVL Sporting Code (section 7)
sub-committee. He has published several
excellent books on hang gliding and
paragliding and has two sons (Robbie and
Matthew) who are very heavily involved in
the sport.
e-mail: noel.w@zetnet.co.uk
Treasurer:
- Jim Bowyer (UK) - has been flying
hang gliders for 22 years and still feels
as enthusiastic about the sport as he did
when he started in 1975. For most of
these years he has been professionally
involved in the sport either as an
instructor, manufacturer or test pilot
and several years as meet director for
the British Hang Gliding League.
"During
my flying career I have flown a wide
variety of aircraft but have always
decided that hang gliding was the most
fun. I have tried Class 2 but disliked
the complexity, Class 3 I tried too early
and scared myself on some of the less
stable machines of that era."
Jim is the UK's Alternate Delegate to
CIVL and a member of the British Hang
Gliding & Paragliding Associations
Executive Council with special
responsibility for competitions.
e-mail: JEBowyer@aol.com
Bureau members welcome direct e-mail correspondance, or
the whole CIVL e-mail list can be e-mailed at civl-info-l@fai.org.
E-mail correspondance should be restricted to:
- comments on CIVL decisions, rule changes, etc,
- suggestions for the development of hang gliding
and paragliding and the work of CIVL
- comments and suggestions concerning the CIVL home
page.
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Contact: Sarah Fenwick, CIVL PR Co-ordinator
tel & fax +44 (0) 1983 523003
e-mail: civl@ukonline.co.uk
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