The Rules
LONG JUMP rules. ( Click here for 1984 original!)
1. Any pilot may enter with any balloon.
2. The winner is the pilot who flies the longest straight line distance within the British Isles during the month of October. ( For Long Jump purposes this region includes the British mainland, Ireland, and every island in British or Irish Waters.)
3. Intermediate landings are not permitted.
4. The judge’s decisions are final.
5. The entry fee is fifty pounds - cheques payable to The Great British Long Jump must reach the judge before 30 September - address below. (All the entry fees go towards administrative costs, the printing and binding of reports, commemorative mugs and prizes, as well as the cash prize to the winner.)
6. The competition starts just after midnight on the morning of October 1 and closes at dusk on 31 October.
7. Each entrant shall send a flight report to the judge before November 7. These reports will bound and distributed at the Survivors’ Lunch, ( and some of their contents may be used in AEROSTAT.) They should each accompany the completed pro-forma which solicits crucial information, with the actual reports being elaboration of each flights’ most memorable and believable happenings.
8. The winners of the Frog and the Flea, these trophies kindly donated by Cameron Balloons, will be announced at the Survivors’ Lunch to be held on Sunday 22 November 2009 probably at Booker airfield. All jumpers and crews are invited to attend. (Details nearer the time.)
9. Each entrant shall receive a commemorative mug, an ‘appropriate’ prize, a bound copy of the reports and the opportunity to applaud the winner as he/she receives the trophy for longest distance flown and a handsome cheque.
10. The Frog will be awarded to the outright winner who flew the longest distance. The Flea will be awarded to the pilot who either flew furthest in a small balloon (generally less than 100,000cu.ft) or who did exceedingly well in some other fashion and therefore merits second place on the winners’ podium.
Address to send £50 entry cheque…..
Robin Batchelor
The Great British Long Jump
The Old Candle Factory
THAME
Oxon
OX9 3BH.
Good luck to all!
Robin.
