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Establishment of a temporary danger area (TDA) for the Bright Open 2025 paragliding competition.
The issue
The TDA would be active from 9-15 February 2025. The TDA will be within Class G airspace and is proposed to be a 35 nautical mile (n mile) radius centred on the town of Stanley, Victoria.
The proposed TDA will make other airspace users aware of up to 100 paraglider pilots flying cross country tasks to set goals. They will not be carrying equipment to make airband very high frequency (VHF) radio communications.
Purpose
In support of the Bright Open 2025 paragliding competition, the Sports Aviation Federation of Australia (SAFA) is applying for a TDA.
Proposal
SAFA is applying for the establishment of a TDA and VHF radio carriage exemption in support of the Bright Open 2025 paragliding competition.
The Bright Open 2025 is an internationally recognised and sanctioned, paragliding cross-country racing competition. The competition will run from 11:00 Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) on Saturday 09 February 2025 until 18:30 AEDT on Friday 15 February 2025.
A maximum of 100 paraglider aircraft will be competing, flying daily tasks from 11:00 AEDT to 18:30 AEDT.
The task will be confined to the volume of Class G airspace up to 8,500 feet above mean sea level (amsl), enclosed by a cylinder of 35 n mile radius, centred on a point in the town of Stanley, located at 36.404987S 146.755287E, as depicted in figure 1 below.
Horizontal limitations:
- 35 n mile cylinder centred on the town of Stanley (Vic): 36.404897S 146.755287E.
Vertical limitations: Class G, up to 8,500 feet amsl.
Competing pilots who infringe airspace will be penalised within the competition structure. With a second infringement, the pilot is removed from the competition. In addition to the TDA, SAFA have applied for a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) and an exemption for competing pilots from the carriage and use of VHF radio communications whilst flying. Properly authorised ground-based operators will monitor and conduct VHF communications and relay information to pilots via ultra-high frequency radio transmissions.