the game

come and get it back

this game has been formulated to appeal to the minimalist flyer. the concept is based on an idea published by Tony Dennis but has been modified to be more widespread and competitive. each participating airstrip where a microlight, ultralight or gyro group is based makes a permanent trophy. it can be taken away by a member of another participating group during a round trip flight. the owners can then retrieve it by flying to the other strip.

this should promote a bit of mischievous rivalry and more impromptu socialising between the scattered groups without the need for event planning and organisation.

the participating pilots will get to exercise their flight planning and navigation skills whilst knowing that they will be welcomed at the target strip.

i suggest that each participating group log their game activities so that articles and histories may be written.

Rules

1. open only to ultralights, gyros and microlights.
2. only one trophy to be carried per aircraft.
3. only fuel carried by an aircraft (however) to be used by it for the whole round-trip. the trip must be without ground support.
4. a trophy may only be taken to a participating airstrip less than 100 nautical miles away from it's home strip. Only a fly-in member of the 'foreign' strip's group may take it.
5. a trophy may only be taken from a 'foreign' strip by a fly-in member of the trophy's owner group.
6. the safe keeping of 'foreign' trophies is the duty of the current holders i.e. they must be kept safe and only surrendered to a fly-in member of the owner group.
7. trophies must be given freely to a flyer that qualifies under the above rules. it is the duty of the host airstrip to ensure that a trophy that should be available but is inaccessible at the time, (i.e. locked away, unmanned strip, etc.) is forwarded as quickly as possible to the legitimate taker.
8. trophies should be robust, of low intrinsic value, must weigh less than 2kg and be of a size and shape that is easy to carry in our style of aircraft. (recommended not to exceed 100 mm in any direction). they should be engraved with 'come and get it back', the name of the home airstrip and, optionally, the coordinates of it's home strip (in case of illegal emigration to a far point of the globe). they should not be offensive. trophies remain the property of their home group.
9. any information pertaining to the operation of this game must be freely given to any participant, e.g. location of trophies, other participants, etc.
10. it is the duty of any group to inform all other participating groups within a 100 nm radius prior to joining the game.
11. infringements of the word or intent of these rules may be met with ejection, ostracism and unbridled ridicule.