BAeA publications
BAeA Contest Information Booklet for 2010
Each year we publish a booklet which provides a complete reference source for the seasons sequences and competitions, together with the entry forms you'll need to enter a BAeA aerobatic event. Further information collated into this vital tome covers all the principal administrative aspects of "who - where - what - when - how" when planning to compete at the Associations' aerobatic contests in the UK, without which you would find it hard to do your thing. Currently the booklet is printed and provided to all who join the BAeA - you can however download and use this web-based copy should the need arise (2.05MB this year).
BAeA Rules 2009 Issue 13.1 (the 2010 14.0 issue is due very soon ...)
This comprehensive set of rules covers every aspect of the operation of our aerobatic competitions. When they are updated annually or as required they are posted here. It would be possible to advance through the ranks without this key document, but we wouldn't recommend it.... You can download a copy in PDF format by clicking on the "Rules" graphic on the right - version 13.1 is current as of November 18th 2009 (887KB).
BAeA Judging Tutorial - 2010
Here is a complete copy as a PDF document of the 42 pages in this web that comprise the BAeA Judging Notes for 2010. This represents the distilled 'How to Judge and what to look for ...' view of the Association's judging guru's, and will prepare you well either for your initiation on the judging line or as a refresher course in what you're supposed to be doing there this year. The file is 4MB and in PDF format. Download, print, go to White Waltham on March 6th.
BAeA Advanced Judging Tutorial - 2010
These are the course-notes for the 2010 Advanced Judging School. They provide comprehensive guidance for judging at our major national and CIVA international standards, and contain a good deal of sound advice for aerobatic judging at all levels and events.
BAeA Chief Judges Tutorial - 2010
All Chief Judges working at BAeA national events should keep a copy of this detailed guide to their job and responsibilities. Being a CJ can be a particularly rewarding experience - all senior judges please note!
BAeA Contest Director Tutorial - 2010
A short tutorial paper for the White Waltham seminar regarding the duties and responsibilities of the CD
BAeA Contest Directors Notes of Guidance - Issue 1
This is the guide document for BAeA Contest Directors, to establish the appropriate operating procedures at all UK aerobatic competition events. It covers the complete cycle of the job, including the BAeA responsibility tree, duties throughout the event, the onsite clear-up at conclusion of the contest and the final dispersion of information and computer files to the appropriate officers.
 

 V i e w i n g   and   P r i n t i n g   PDF's
VIEWING ....
All of these publications are provided here in PDF format, and to view them you will require a PDF reader in your PC. You can download and install either of the free Foxit or Adobe readers via the links on the right here - they 'unscramble' PDF files so that you can read them in your browser or in your computer once you have downloaded them. All you need do is double-click the PDF file (either the icon on your desktop, if that's where you've put it, or by hunting for it with Windows Explorer) and Foxit or Acrobat will do the rest.
PRINTING ....
This basic chore is not quite as simple as it appears.... both the Contest Booklet and the Rules are portrait documents that naturally print at A4, whereas you'll probably want the output as pairs of A5 pages on A4 landscape. Regrettably few printers can manage this simple task.... One very capable independent solution is "FinePrint", a sort of universal printer driver that acts like an intermediary between your computer and your printer output channels. Print to FinePrint (instead of your printer) and up pops up a preview window from which you decide how and where to print it (or of course to not print it at all - if something's not right you can abort the output and try again....), and provides various format translations to output from 2-up to 8-up on A4, with the duplex (both sides!) booklet printing that you want here. There are lots of 'delete this page', 're-order', 'copy to clip-board', 'save as ASCII' options you'll be hard put to find anywhere else, the thing typically saves 50% of your paper usage, and is one of those utilities that once you've got it you'll wonder how you managed before..... The 'free' download version has some minor limitations, registering and forking out the moderate fee clears them. As you can see, I'm a true convert.....!
 
 

 

 
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