Proposals for amendments to FAI Section 10.
This year, 2006, Richard Meredith-Hardy is the coordinating
editor for Section 10 and its annexes.
How to submit amendments
Only CIMA delegates
may submit proposals for inclusion here.
Anyone else should submit their proposal to their delegate first. The full list of delegates is on the FAI website.
The amendment
scheme will operate as it was done last year, all proposals from CIMA delegates
should be sent to Richard
Meredith-Hardy with:
1) The number of
the affected paragraph (or where it should go, if it is something new).
2) The reason for
the proposed change.
He will then assemble this into the document below, along
with:
a) Comment from the S10
Sub-Committee
b) Comments any other CIMA delegates wish to make on the
proposal.
The proposal will be put to the vote in it's exact wording at the CIMA Plenary
meeting 9-11 November 2006 on the basis of a YES or a NO. It is not usual for the wording of proposals
to be amended at the meeting itself.
The deadline for proposals for amendments is
Changes
- This
is NOT the latest draft. Draft 1,
Contents
- Proposal 1 The Ann Welch Diploma, renaming &
renumbering of S10 Chapter 2. from Richard Meredith-Hardy
CIMA S10 Editor.
- Proposal 2 Amendment to S10, Annex 6
regarding calibration certificates for flight recorders. from Richard
Meredith-Hardy CIMA S10 Editor.
- Proposal 3
Introduction of a listing of
“Global” microlight records. from Richard Meredith-Hardy GBR delegate.
Proposal title
The Ann Welch
Diploma, renaming & renumbering of S10 Chapter 2.
Proposal from
Richard
Meredith-Hardy, CIMA S10 Editor.
Existing text
Proposal 1a Chapter title: Colibri Diplomas and Badges.
Proposal 1b Concerns
the renumbering of sections 2.2, 2.3,
2.4 & 2.5
Proposal 1c
None; Insert new
addition to S10
New text
Proposal 1a
Chapter title: Diplomas and Badges.
Proposal 1b
Renumber paragraph 2.2 to 2.3 COLIBRI PROFICIENCY BADGES and existing 2.3,
2.4 and 2.5 so they appear logically under the existing heading 2.3 COLIBRI
PROFICIENCY BADGES.
Proposal 1c
None; Insert new
addition to S10
2.2 Ann Welch Diploma
2.3.1 Ann Welch, having previously
played leading international roles in the development of gliding and
hang-gliding, was instrumental in creating the FAI microlight commission (CIMA)
and formulating the microlight sporting code and worked tirelessly for many
years in the cause of the sport.
2.3.2 One diploma may be awarded
each year by the FAI Microlight commission (CIMA)
to the pilot or crew of a microlight who, in the opinion of CIMA, made
the most meritorious flight which resulted in a microlight World record claim
ratified in the previous 12 months.
Reasons
Proposal
1a. Re-naming the chapter.
With the introduction of the Ann Welch Diploma, S 10 Chapter 2 does not just include Colibris. It would therefore be more sensibly re-named just “Diplomas and Badges”.
Proposal
1b. Re-numbering.
In the new order of importance, it can be considered the order should be Colibri Diploma, then the Ann Welch Diploma and then Colibri badges, therefore the numbering of Chapter 2 should reflect this.
Both the existing 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 are directly relevant to Colibri badges which are the subject of existing section 2.2, they should therefore be numbered as part of it, not as separate items.
In this proposal the Ann Welch Diploma is inserted at 2.2, the existing 2.2 becomes 2.3 and the existing 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 are all dropped down a level so they appear logically under the new heading: 2.3 Colibri badges.
Proposal
1c. Introduction of the Ann
Welch Diploma.
Subject to a FAI bye-law approved by the FAI Executive
Board, the plenary agreed in 2005 the text to be included in S10. This vote is therefore NOT a discussion of
the context of the award or its text, but simply to agree (in conjunction to
the above two proposals) where it should be put in FAI Section 10.
Comments from S10 Sub Committee
None at this time
Comments from CIMA delegates
None at this time
CIMA decision
Proposal 1a ACCEPTED DENIED
Proposal 1b ACCEPTED DENIED
Proposal 1c ACCEPTED DENIED
Proposal from
Richard
Meredith-Hardy, S10 Editor
Proposal title
Amendment to S10,
Annex 6 regarding calibration certificates for flight recorders.
Existing text
S10 Annex 6 2.2.1.1 The FR must have an Integral Pressure
Altitude Sensor and be capable of recording atmospheric altitude and must have
a valid calibration certificate.
New text
AMEND: S10
Annex 6 2.2.1.1 The FR must have an Integral Pressure
Altitude Sensor and be capable of recording atmospheric altitude.
Reason
It is accepted that
a pressure altitude calibration certificate is not required in distance or speed
record claims as the proof is simply “did not land” during the flight. In respect of “type 2 FR’s” (ie IGC approved ones) S10 Annex 6 does not say this however, it says they MUST have a valid calibration
certificate whatever type of record claim it is.
This is an
amendment to delete the contradiction and bring the use of type 2 FR’s into
line with the use of any other FR or barograph when they are used in speed or
distance record claims.
Comments from S10 Sub Committee
None at this time
Comments from CIMA delegates
None at this time
CIMA decision
ACCEPTED DENIED
Proposal title
Introduction of a
“global” listing of microlight records on the FAI website.
Proposal from
Richard
Meredith-Hardy, GBR Delegate
Existing text
None.
New text
None required, just an instruction to FAI.
Reason
People often ask “what’s the highest a microlight can fly?” The answer to this can be found on the FAI
website at http://records.fai.org/microlight/
but the user than has to trawl through many classes to find that it’s 9,720 m achieved by Serge ZIN (France) in 1994.
This is not
a proposal to introduce a new category of records but simply to expand the
listings on the FAI website to include an ‘overall best’ listing for each
available microlight record.
Comments from S10 Sub Committee
None at this time
Comments from CIMA delegates
None at this time
CIMA decision
ACCEPTED DENIED