11 Nov 2015

Main decisions taken at the 2015 CIMA meeting

The 2015 Annual Meeting of the FAI Microlight and Paramotor Commission (CIMA) was held on 6 to 7 November 2015 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Here are the main decisions that were taken during the meeting:

Future competitions

2016

2016 FAI World Microlight Championships
2016 FAI World Paramotor Championships
Awarded to Nottingham, United Kingdom

Check out the calendar for all Microlight and Paramotor past and future events.

Sporting Code changes

Amendments will be included in the 2015 Version of Sporting Code Section 10.

Awards

The Ann Welch Diploma was awarded to:

Microlights: François Denis from France for his record (crew member: Eliane Redureau)

SUB-CLASS	TYPE OF RECORD	PERFORMANCE	DATE	CLAIMANT	STATUS
RWL2T	Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km	162,03 km/h	2014-07-16	François Denis (FRA)	ratified - current record

Paramotors: Karen Skinner from Spain for her record (crew member: Jason Whitehead)

SUB-CLASS	TYPE OF RECORD	PERFORMANCE	DATE	CLAIMANT	STATUS
RPF2T	Time to climb to a height of 3 000 m	41 min 25 sec	2015-04-21	Karen Skinner (ESP)	ratified - current record

2015 Paramotor World League Cup

116 pilots from 22 countries participated in the 2015 Paramotor World League Cup.

Winners - Individual:

Kittiphop PHROMMAT (THA)
Jérémy PENONE (FRA)
Pongkorn THANASAKUNKORNSAENG (THA)

Winners - Teams:

Thailand
France
Qatar

Bureau Elections

New / President: Wolfgang LINTL (GER)
1st Vice President : Rob HUGHES (GBR)
2nd Vice President : Ph.D. Nayot KURUKITKOSON (Thailand)
Treasurer : Rohaizi MD HUSSIN (Malaysia)
New / Secretary : Barney TOWNSEND (GBR)

Subcommittee Chairs

Paramotor SC : Wojtek DOMANSKI (POL)
New / Microlight SC: Erzsebet VIZAKNAI (HUN)
SC 10 Editor : Barney TOWNSEND (GBR), Rob HUGHES (GBR), RMH (GBR), Juan Louis ESTEBAN (Spain)
FRAC: RMH, Nayot KURUKITKOSON, Juan Louis ESTEBAN
IT Working Group: Nayot KURUKITKOSON, Colin BAKER (New), Richard MEREDITH-HARDY, J.L. ESTEBAN
WLC WG : Wojtek DOMANSKI