NEWSLETTER - SUMMER 1996
The Turkish Air Association (THK) are delighted to invite the
CIA to Turkey for their 1997 Annual Conference, brief details
being:
LOCATION: Merit Antique Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey
DATES:
BOOKING ARRANGEMENTS - not yet finalised, to be confirmed in the October newsletter.
TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS - The easiest way to travel to Istanbul is
by air, and the city is served by most major airlines. Because
the Conference hosts are also the organisers of the World Air
Games they are in negotiation with various airlines for preferential
air fares for travel to and from Turkey in 1997. It is hoped that
these rates can be extended to CIA Conference visitors, and this
will also be confirmed in the October newsletter.
Planning for the World Air Games is now well advanced, and this includes the Ballooning Event. Brief details are:
DATES: 15th to 20th September 1997
LOCATION: Urgup, Cappadocia (approximately 200 km east of Ankara)
ENTRY FEE: US$ 250 per team to include help with balloon freight,
propane, maps, social events.
ENTRY POLICY: 3 per country, maximum of 100,. surplus allocated
by Ranking Method (S1, 5.5.5)
SENIOR OFFICIALS:
Event Director Les Purfield (GBR) Stewards Garry Britton (USA) Darryl Stuart (AUS) Safety Officer David Gleed (CAN) Jury President Jacques Soukup (ISV) Members Jean-Claude Weber (LUX) Sabu Ichiyoshi (JAP
A test event, the Kapadokya Cup, will take place in the same location in September 1996 with 35 competitors from 16 countries taking part. This will help greatly in assuring the success of the WAG by trying out all the major components of the event in advance
CIA President - Jacques W, Soukup
I've been involved in ballooning for nearly two decades and have been alive for over four and a half. For the vast majority of this time I've considered myself a positive thinking person and a realistic optimist. I'm one that believes in the genuine goodness of people and the value of compromise. I've been fortunate enough to travel to numerous countries around the globe and experience a vide variety of cultures. I deeply appreciate the opportunity to learn from men and women whose backgrounds, languages, political systems and cuisines are much different than my own. I truly believe that an emotionally healthy and self-confident person is one who can take the positive things from others and incorporate them into one's own life. I also believe that an honest exchange of differing ideas or a friendly debate is good for one's character. I also believe that organizations like the FAI Ballooning Commission (CIA) can do the greatest possible good for our sport by practising much of the aforementioned.
I was recently asked by someone how his country could become more fully involved in the CIA. This person was perplexed as to why some CIA members seemed to have more "influence" on the international scene than, for example, his country presently does. He seemed concerned that his country's political position wasn't fully appreciated. In other words, he wanted his country to be listened to more often, to be more appreciated, to shape international ballooning policy more, and to be more "respected" for all they had contributed to our sport in the past 25 years. After all, they have a large number of competitive and sport balloonists who deserve to be represented well. I wholeheartedly agree.
My advice to this person and to all CIA members is quite simple. It is identical to my opening paragraph. Choose a Delegate (and Alternate, if you have one) who are positive thinking, who are friendly individuals with an appreciation for a wide variety of ideas from around the world. Select individuals able to present your ideas well, and then be willing to compromise to achieve the best possible outcome for the world-wide ballooning community. In the case mentioned above, the Delegate and Alternate have these admirable qualities. But sometimes certain elements in one's country may not. This vocal group can very often do you the most damage on the international scene. For example, there may exist a small, but very vocal, political group in a country led by a negative person, with little international travel experience and encouraged by one or two disgruntled individuals, who is unable or unwilling to compromise and who continually interferes or constantly attacks any idea or suggestion which is not his, or which is "foreign" to him and his little group. A country is certainly not going to make a lot of international friends with this approach. Nor can you win over very many allies if all you do is criticize, gripe and complain. People will quickly stop listening to you or care for your opinion or position. When you belittle other countries' competitors by calling them "tourists," or something similarly degrading, you are not going to gain a great deal of support from those emerging countries where our sport is developing so quickly. In other words, keep your message positive and select diplomatic messengers who are able to persuade others in a professional and positive manner. By all means come armed with information and push hard for your positions but remember that compromise goes a lot further than angry confrontation. Keep personality conflicts and those people with an aggressively vindictive nature at home. Allow your Delegate or Alternate to be upbeat and hospitable, and open to creative solutions to international problems. Then your country's balloonists will be represented well and, as importantly, you will assist the worldwide ballooning community to grow and prosper. After all, this is international sport, and as such is supposed to be fun, exciting and fulfilling for the majority.
In summary, the international ballooning community welcomes individuals who really want to be helpful to ballooning and airshipping in all areas of the world. The FAI Ballooning Commission respects and relishes the self confident, cheerful and knowledgeable volunteer who can look beyond the boundary lines of his or her own country and work for the good of all in our sport. CIA Subcommittees and Working Groups are presently comprised of such individuals and welcome optimistic workers enthusiastically. Some may say that this is "poetic" wishful thinking; but such pessimistic, non-cooperative naysayers need not apply. Sometimes a bit of poetry, a bit of kindness, a bit of friendly give and take all mixed in with some old fashioned hard work, patient discussion, honesty, integrity and good manners are all that is needed to work together successfully with one's fellow aeronauts.
The FAI Council met in Paris on 23 and 24 May. Prior to the Council meeting, various Council Committees met. Jacques W. Soukup attended the Air Sport Commission Presidents meeting. Luxembourg representative and CASI member Jean-Claude Weber represented the CIA at CASI since Jacques' flight to Europe on a new Boeing 777 developed problems and was grounded twice. Other CIA people, acting in various capacities, were present. They included Dr. Thierry Villey, FAI Vice President (FRA); Kirk S. Thomas, President of the FAI PR Committee and FAI Vice President (ISV); and Neil Robertson, Observer (GBR).
FAI AIR SPORT COMMISSION PRESIDENTS' MEETING
There was a general discussion on sanction fees and the philosophies and methods of calculation by each Commission. The majority of the meeting, however, was taken up with a report on the World Air Games Project. Mr. Strecko Medvin, the World Air Games Air Sports Coordinator, provided information on the past eleven months' preparation work with the Turkish Aeronautical Association (THK) and with the various Commissions. We were told of the US $4.1 million budget for the 4500 air sports men, women and staff. Each of the Presidents were asked for a progress report. The CIA is fortunate to have such an internationally experienced and talented person as Neil Robertson acting on our behalf. Jacques informed the group that based on Neil's hard work and advice, the FAI Ballooning Commission was optimistic about the 1996 Test Event and the 1997 World Air Games. The CIA has one of the finest international competition staffs ever assembled. The CIA, like other Commissions, do have some minor logistical concerns about this very prestigious event. Neil is working diligently with his Turkish counterparts and the very capable Turkish CIA Delegate, Ismail Keremoglu and Isik, his wife, who also serves on the THK staff. They are concentrating on the final touches of the Test Event, which as many of us know, often prove to be the most time consuming and challenging. The vast majority of the other Air Sport Commissions are also in this fine tuning stage.
FAI COUNCIL
This was one of the shortest meetings on record, yet dealt with some important issues. Several new Members with ballooning as one of their sports will be joining FAI. It was reported that all FAI Sporting Codes are copyrighted and should be printed as such. A number of changes to the Statutes and amendments to the Bylaws were passed. Most passed unanimously. The full text will appear on the Internet at the FAI's web site (http://www.fai.org/). The closest vote, however, was on Statute 6.1 - FAI President's Term Of Office. As passed (24 yes, 10 no), the FAI President may be re-elected for a second, third and fourth term of one year. The General Conference may, by a two-thirds majority vote of Active Members present or represented, approve the FAI President's nomination for election to a fifth and sixth consecutive term. CIA gave me no directive, but I personally feel that six years may be too long, no matter how good someone may be as a leader.
Concerning the Belarus incident, the Commission of Enquiry had made its report, but FAI was not yet in possession of the full report. The German language version (without any Annexes) had been obtained immediately before the Council meeting. The FAI President tasked the FAI 1st Vice President and the Ballooning Commission President with evaluating the report and seeking expert advice as needed. The FAI will issue an official statement as soon as the evaluation is complete.
[Please note: the CIA and FAI, as of 4 June, received the full report in English courtesy of Jacques and governmental authorities. On 1 June, the FAI Medico-Physiological Commission (CIMP) appointed four doctors to advise FAI on the medical information in the report including autopsy information. They are Dr. John Grubstrom (Swedish balloonist and CIA liaison to the CIMP), Dr. P. Saundby, Dr. J. Marek and Dr. J. McCann.]
Awards were approved and voted on. CIA President of Honour Karl Stefan (USA) was nominated for the FAI Gold Air Medal. He was up against three other excellent candidates, however. Dr. Hanspeter Hirzel (SUI) won and is the 1996 recipient. Let's hope that the USA will nominate Karl Stefan again for this award.
The Council meeting ended with a thorough report on the World Air Games in Turkey. The promotional video of all air sports used at the Cannes Film Festival is extremely well done. This material is being handled by some of the largest public relations firms in the world (from London, the USA and Asia). The television coverage is promised to be phenomenal.
CIA members elected to FAI positions include Dr. Thierry Villey (Finance Committee), Jean-Claude Weber (CASI and General Section Review Subcommittee), Kirk S. Thomas(President of the FAI PR Committee) and Jacques W. Soukup (Statutes Committee).
On a final note, 1998 is the centenary of the founding of the 1st Aero Club in the world - the Aero Club de France. They put forward a motion that passed which makes 1998 the year of celebrating "One hundred years of the Conquest of Air and Space." As such, the French Delegate suggested that a large air show and event may be held in Paris. He said they may offer to host the 1998 Coupe Gordon Bennett if this is agreeable to all parties (i.e. the CIA and the winners of the 1997 event). Be prepared for some discussion in 1997!
Dutch Balloonist Nini Boesman was selected as the second living balloonist to enter the CIA International Balloon and Airship Hall of Fame. She joins Ed Yost (USA) who was inducted last year. Nini and her late husband Jo will be inducted by CIA President Jacques W. Soukup and other International Balloonists, on June 23rd, 1996 in Mitchell, South Dakota, home of the Hall of Fame.
The seven person International Selection Committee noted that both she (born 11th May, 1918) and her husband Jo (1914 - 1976; who is also entering the Hall of Fame posthumously) have been active gas balloonists since the late 1930's. They played an important role in national and international gas ballooning, in individual flights as well as in international competitions all over the world. Between 1950 and 1975 they flew gas balloons on 5 continents: in Australasia, Africa, North and South America, Europe and India. Often, these flights took place at the invitation of International Aviation Exhibitions and Air Shows. The Boesmans made a large number of night flights together, and in addition, Nini made 9 Alpine gas balloon flights from Switzerland.
Jo Boesman, founder of the Hague Balloon Club, was Delegate to the FAI Ballooning Commission (CIA) from the Netherlands in the late 1960's and early 1970's. After his death in 1976, Nini took over as Delegate through much of the 1980's. She is still an active gas balloon pilot and still flies in international gas balloon events. Maintaining a great interest in gas ballooning, she has trained 5 other gas balloon pilots who now are all active flying members, along with Nini, of the Hague Balloon Club.
CIA ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT (1st January to 31st December, 1995)
IN SWISS FRANCS
| INCOME | EXPENDITURE | ||||
| DONATIONS | OFFICERS EXPENSES | 3443 | |||
| Denmark 95 | 114 | WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | 33 | ||
| USA 95 | 663 | PURCHASE OF FLAGS | 1325 | ||
| Luxembourg 95 | 127 | PURCHASE OF BADGES | 2357 | ||
| Switzerland 94 | 350 | ||||
| Austria 95 | 332 | ||||
| Brazil 95 | 117 | ||||
| Argentina 95 | 58 | ||||
| Sweden 95 | 233 | ||||
| Switzerland 95 | 350 | CASH FLOW | |||
| 2344 | Balance 1/1/95 | 12482 | |||
| SANCTION FEES | 12059 | Income | 16107 | ||
| SALE OF FLAGS | 466 | 28589 | |||
| SALE OF BADGES | 1238 | Expenditure | -7158 | ||
| TOTAL INCOME | 16107 | TOTAL EXPENDITURE | 7158 | Balance 31/12/95 | 21431 |
| INCOME | EXPENDITURE | |||||
| DONATIONS | EXPENSES | |||||
| Czech Republic 95/96 | 350 | Stefan, K | 272 | |||
| Virgin Islands 95/96 | 117 | Hoenig, A | 827 | |||
| Belgium 96 | 244 | Purfield, L | 196 | |||
| Japan 95 | 488 | Akerstedt, H | 1280 | |||
| Hungary 96 | 244 | Weber, J-C | 203 | |||
| Sweden 96 | 535 | Robertson, N | 634 | |||
| 1978 | 3412 | |||||
| SANCTION FEES | 4047 | CIA DIPLOMAS | 1067 | |||
| SALE OF BADGES | 1550 | PURCHASE OF BADGES | 717 | |||
| SALE OF FLAGS | 30 | CASH FLOW | ||||
| PROTEST FEES - AOSTA | 366 | Balance 1/1/96 | 21431 | |||
| WAG MANAGEMENT FEE | 4419 | Income | 12390 | |||
| 33821 | ||||||
| Expenditure | 5196 | |||||
| TOTAL INCOME | 12390 | TOTAL EXPENDITURE | 5196 | Balance 31/5/96 | 28625 | |
TABLE OF DONATIONS
(US $) | |
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CIA SECRETARY:
23 To include details of Observer Insurance Cover
in the CIA Policy Manual
29(4) To look into possibility of using Sanctions Fees to help off-set Jurors Expenses (with Jury Board President)
CIA BUREAU:
34(a) To study invitation procedures for World Championships
in Saga, Japan, 1997
42 To investigate election procedures with the aim of simplifying and speeding up present system
RULES SUBCOMMITTEE:
28.IV.3 All Working Groups to work on split between
general and specific rules for their respective Competition Rules
STATUTES, BYLAWS AND SPORTING CODE WORKING GROUP:
11 To investigate different forms of voting procedures
to ascertain suitability for CIA.
19(a) & (b) To study and make recommendation on Safety Subcommittee proposals for changes to Section 1, 5.11 and 7.16 - Safety Officers
23(b) & 28 (last paragraph) To study and make recommendations on Observer Training and Nominations (with Observer Subcommittee President)
44 To make recommendations on Quorums for Subcommittee and Working Group Meetings
OBSERVER SUBCOMMITTEE
23(b) & 28 (last paragraph) To study and make
recommendations on Observer Training and Nominations (with Statutes,
Bylaws and Sporting Code Working Group Chairman)
JURY BOARD:
29(4) To look into possibility of using Sanctions
Fees to help off-set Jurors Expenses (with CIA Secretary)
RECORDS REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE
27 To assemble information on history of Notable
Balloon Flights
To study possibility of an open class for record flights terminated by the pilot parachuting from the basket
EVENT PLANNING ADVISORY SERVICE:
23 To include details of Observers Insurance Cover
in relevant EPAS Handbooks
EVENT ORGANISERS
28.IV.2 To include in all event rules a statement
concerning 1996 edition of the Sporting Code General Section
ALL DELEGATES:
46 To note deadlines for declaration to bid for 1998
CIA Annual Conference.
DELEGATE FOR SWITZERLAND
34(b) To submit to CIA Bureau rules for 1997 David Niven Cup by 30th June 1996
Please remember that the names of CIA Delegates and Alternate Delegates for 1997 have to be approved by the FAI General Conference in October 1996. Names have to be submitted by NATIONAL AEROCLUBS to the FAI Secretary General in Paris by 15th July 1996 at the latest. It is the responsibility of each individual country to make sure this is done if you wish to be represented at CIA next year.
Organisers of Sanctioned Events are entitled to the
following on payment of the agreed Sanction Fee. These are for
use at opening and closing ceremonies and the prize-giving.
a) Category One Events (World, Continental, Coupe Gordon Bennett and World Air Games)
From the FAI FAI Medals (3)
FAI Flag
FAI Anthem
FAI Competition Diplomas (10)
From the CIA CIA Flag
b) Other Category One Events and Premier Sporting Events
From the CIA CIA Flag
FAI Anthem
CIA Medals (3)
CIA Competition Diplomas (10)
c) Premier Fiesta Meetings
From the CIA CIA Flag
FAI Anthem
Applications for the above should be made to: the
FAI in Paris for the FAI items; and to: Ms. R. Pope, Soukup &
Thomas International Balloon Museum, 700 North Main Street, Mitchell,
SD 57301 USA, for CIA items.
1996
10th European Hot Air Balloon Championship, Schielleiten, Austria, 6 - 14 September 1996 (Category 1)
9th World Gas Balloon Championship, Bitterfeld, Germany, 23 August - 3 September 1996 (Category 1)
40th Coupe Gordon Bennett, Warstein, Germany, 26 - 29 September 1996 (Category 1)
4th Pacific Hot Air Balloon Championship/13th Pacific Cup/7th Ladies World Cup, Saga, Japan, 18 - 28 November 1996 (Category 1)
2nd World Match Flying Cup, Mildura, Australia, 29 June - 7 July 1996 (Premier Sporting)
4th Coupe d'Europe, Mainfonds-Charente, France, 1 - 4 August 1996 (Premier Sporting)
Kapadokya Cup, Urgup, Turkey, 18 - 22 September 1996 (Premier Sporting)
1997
1st World Air Games Balloon Championship, Urgup, Turkey, 15 - 20 September 1997 (Category 1)
13th World Hot Air Balloon Championship, Saga, Japan, 15 - 27 November 1997 (Category 1)
David Niven Cup, Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland, during week 18 - 26 January 1997 (Premier Sporting)
1998
6th World Hot Air Airship Championship, Gatineau, Canada, 2 - 7 September 1998 (Category 1)
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| FAI POLICY DOCUMENTS - MANDATORY | ||
| FAI STATUTES | 96 EDITION | OCT 88 |
| FAI BY-LAWS | 96 EDITION | OCT 88 |
| SPORTING CODE, GENERAL SECTION | 96 EDITION | JAN 96 |
| SPORTING CODE, SECTION 1 | 1/95 | JAN 96 |
| CIA POLICY DOCUMENTS - MANDATORY | ||
| INTERNAL REGULATIONS | 1/95 | MAR 95 |
| AA COMPETITION RULES - FREE GAS BALLOONS | 3/96 | MAR 96 |
| - COUPE GORDON BENNETT | 1/93 | OCT 93 |
| AM COMPETITION RULES | 3/96 | MAR 96 |
| AX COMPETITION RULES - CATEGORY ONE EVENTS | 3/95 | MAY 95 |
| - PREMIER SPORTING EVENTS | 4/95 | APR 95 |
| - SINGLE FLIGHT EVENTS | 1/95 (DRAFT) | |
| - MATCH FLYING EVENTS | 1/95 (DRAFT) | |
| - DAVID NIVEN CUP | 2/95 | JAN 95 |
| BX COMPETITION RULES | 10/96 | MAR 96 |
| JURY MEMBERS HANDBOOK | 4/95 | MAR 95 |
| CATEGORY ONE EVENT SANCTION | 4/95 | MAR 95 |
| PREMIER SPORTING EVENT SANCTION | 4/95 | MAR 95 |
| PREMIER FIESTA MEETING SANCTION | 4/95 | MAR 95 |
| CIA ADVISORY DOCUMENTS - RECOMMENDED | ||
| UNIFORM OBSERVER HANDBOOK | 3/95 | MAR 95 |
| ORGANISING A SAFE BALLOON MEET | 1/93 | MAR 93 |
| CIA INFORMATION DOCUMENTS - INFORMAL | ||
| OBSERVERS GLOSSARY | 2/95 | MAR 95 |
| CIA POLICY MANUAL (NOTE - AVAILABLE IN HARD COPY ONLY) | 2/95 | JUN 96 |
| CALCULATION OF CORRECTED ABSOLUTE ALTITUDE | 2/95 | JUN 95 |
| CIA DIRECTORY | 2/96 | APR 96 |
| EVENT SANCTIONS INTRODUCTION | 4.95 | MAR 95 |
| SAFE HANDLING OF PROPANE | 1/96 | MAR 96 |
| HOT AIR AIRSHIP EVENTS - NOTES FOR SCORING OFFICIALS | 1/96 | MAR 96 |
| SCORING HANDBOOK | 1/95 (DRAFT) | |
| SAFETY OFFICER HANDBOOK | 1/96 (DRAFT) |
All the above documents (with the exception of the CIA POLICY MANUAL) are available on disk (MS Word 6.0 except Directory - MS Access 2.0) from the CIA Secretary or the FAI in Paris, or on the FAI Web Pages - http://www.fai.org/ where various down-loading options are offered.
The full minutes of the 1996 Plenary Meeting were distributed
in April to CIA Officers, Delegates, Presidents of Subcommittees
and Chairpersons of Working Groups. The minutes, without appendices,
can also be found on the FAI web pages - look under 'FAI Ballooning
Commission - What's new?'
For those who do not have easy access to the minutes, here are
some of the highlights not covered elsewhere in this newsletter.
Best Performance - Gas
Awarded to Mr. Alan Fraenckel (ISV) and Mr. John Stuart-Jervis
(ISV) for their performance in the 1995 Coupe Gordon Bennett.
This is a posthumous award, as Mr. Fraenckel and Mr. Stuart-Jervis
lost their lives in the event.
Best Performance - Rozier
Awarded to Mr. Steve Fossett (USA) for his Absolute World Distance
Record Flight of 8748.11 km on 22nd February 1995
Contribution to the Sport
Awarded to Mr. A. Fraenckel (ISV) (posthumous) and Mr. Victor
Fraenckel (USA) for their development of the Windreader portable
theodolite.
Education and Safety - The delegates agreed to a motion to set up a new Working Group of the PR and Development Subcommittee to take over the responsibility for Education from the Education and Safety Subcommittee. The new Working Group is to be known as the "LTA Education Working Group" and its Chairman is Mr. Wang Lei (CHN). The old Education and Safety Subcommittee will henceforth be known as the "Safety Subcommittee" its president is Jean Sax (BEL).
CIA President Jacques Soukup (ISV)
CIA 1st Vice President Hans Akerstedt (SWE)
CIA 2nd Vice President Mathijs de Bruijn (NED)
CIA 3rd Vice President Sabu Ichiyoshi (JAP)
CIA Secretary Neil Robertson (GBR)
Record Review Subcommittee President Karl Stefan (USA)
Instrument Working Group Chairman Daniel Griffin (USA)
Observer Subcommittee President Arnost Honig (CZE)
PR & Development Subcommittee President Kirk Thomas (ISV)
World Air Games Working Group Chairman Neil Robertson (GBR)
Event Planning Advisory Service Chairperson Stella Roux Devillas (FRA)
Logo & Products Working Group Chairman Arthur Westworth (RSA)
LTA Education Working Group Chairman Wang Lei (CHN)
Rules Subcommittee President Jean-Claude Weber (LUX)
AX Working Group Chairman Les Purfield (GBR)
AA/AM Working Group Chairman Mark Sullivan (USA)
BX Working Group Chairman Neil Robertson (GBR)
Statutes, By-Laws & Sporting Code Working
Group Chairman Jean-Claude Weber (LUX)
Scoring Working Group Chairman Masashi Kakuda (JPN)
Safety Subcommittee President Jean Sax (BEL)
Jury Board President Hans Akerstedt (SWE)
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