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BAeA Contest Information Booklet for 2008
 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 (890KB). |
BAeA Rules 2008
Issue 12.1
 This
comprehensive set of rules covers every aspect of the operation of our
aerobatic competitions. They are issued (once!) to all new members, and
when updated annually or as required are posted here. It would be quite
possible to advance through the ranks without this key document, but we
wouldn't recommend it.... You can download a copy in Adobe PDF format by
clicking on the "Rules" graphic on the right - version 12.1 is
current as of May 1st
2008 (618KB). |
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. |
BAeA
Judging Tutorial - 2008
 Here
is a complete copy as a PDF document of the 42 pages in this web that
comprise the BAeA Judging Notes for 2008. 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 3MB and in Adobe 6.0 format. Download, print, go to White
Waltham on March 15th. |
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V i e w i n g a n d p r i n t i n g |
VIEWING....
 All of these publications are provided here in Adobe PDF format, and to
view them you will require Adobe Acrobat Reader in your PC. This free
download (get it via the link on the right here) will 'unscramble' either
file for you once you have retrieved it into your computer, all you need do
is double-click the file (either the icon on your desktop - if that's where
you've put it - or by hunting for it with Windows Explorer) and 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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