Hi folks. Time for an update on the Festival of Flying Fabric, from your organisers, Iain and Steve (aka Clarke Kent Events).
We have decided to ditch the backup weekend to align with where we are viewing the festival. Regardless of the weather, unless there’s a raging flood or a bushfire, we’re going to get together. The weekend will be a social gathering with flying thrown in if it’s doable. In the past with XCamp, we have always had an eye on the flying, and if the forecast did not support that, we postponed.
So, for the FFF there’s the subtle switch – it’s a social flying weekend.
We have also decided to ditch the entry fee. There’s a couple of reasons. First with the change of context we won’t be pushing for retrieve drivers; friends and family that want to come along may be able to assist and if any retrieve driving happens, we can pass the hat around to seek a bit extra cash to supplement the residual funds from past events to cover fuel. Second, it’s pretty unlikely that Iain will be fit to fly, so he will be running pilots back to cars.
There will be an online registration form for pilots that will be available soon. And pilots will be required on the day to sign a paper copy of the current SAFA waiver for Tasmania to participate. If it looks like there will be a lot of pilots attending, we will explore the option of hiring a minibus for the weekend to help get pilots to and from flying sites, and possibly heading to a town for a counterattack on Saturday night. We will poll registrants if numbers are firm and if it’s desired then we will reinstate the entry fee.
At this stage we will have a BBQ onsite for Friday and Saturday night. There is the possibility that Caipirinhas will be mixed for consumption Saturday night. Don’t know what a caipirinha is? Don’t go! Find out! There is also the possibility that Kent Brewing may have a keg of a special ale onsite for consumption.
We will be there Friday, but we get that not everyone can commit for two nights/three days, so the main socialising is set for Saturday night. Not that Friday night will be dull… unless you choose to make it so.
Regardless, it’s going to be fun. Come prepared to laugh.
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