Competition area (version 2)

The list of “open countries” is defined as follows.

• Turkey: no longer within the competiton area because of ATC Mil/Civ-issues
• Iceland: no longer because of inability to secure SAR-services 
• Europe
  • excluding some remote islands because of non-existing SAR services

  and also with the exception of

  
  
  
  • Russia
  • Belorussia
  • Ukraina
  • Moldavia
  • Croatia
  • Bosnia Herzegowina
  • Serbia
  • Montenegro
  • Macedonia
  • Albania

The detailed list will be reconfirmed in the General Briefing.

The decision was based on

a) ATC recommendation,
b) safety concerns regarding landing areas,
c) safety issues for retrieve crews and
d) visa regulations.

[www.ballon.eu - 22 August 2009]