22nd and 23rd August 2009
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- Location:
- Worthing, United Kingdom, BN11
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2 of 6 albumsSee All
Near MissCreated about 3 months ago
Images from The TelegraphCreated about 3 months ago
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Events
1 upcoming eventSee All
- Worthing International Birdman...
Worthing Pier
Saturday, August 14 at 12:00pm
Worthing Birdman
Worthing Birdman
Well, if you can't join em... jump em. Two Kite Surfing legends jump Worthing Pier (literally) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/susse
news.bbc.co.uk
Two kite surfers from West Sussex took advantage of strong winds on the south coast to realise an ambition to jump over Worthing pier.
Mark Dallen Looking forward to next year's event. Hoping to convince a friend of mine to enter with me as Batman and Robin...
Worthing Birdman Entries for 2010 Worthing International Birdman to open VERY soon. Hear it here first.
Nicholas Reimnitz
first of all, the I uploaded the 2009 rules to: http://rapidshare.com/files/297431082/Wo
moving forward AND have any significant part of their legs or body
immersed in the water. ...Then jump over to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOdHgp_wl
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See MoreWorthing Birdman The rules state the Jackpot prize is awarded when someone flies over 100m forward distance as the crow flies by the accepted and published method of measurement.
Worthing Birdman This measurement is the accepted way of measuring a flyer. The rules for the competion are reviewed annually and the rules and measuring system were taken over from the Bogonor Birdman and have been in operation for 30 years. The measurement method can be found on the Worthing Birdman website.
Worthing Birdman The measurements are taken using fixed points to create a triangluated position and all flyers are measured in the same way and all flyers when they sign to enter agree to this measurement and to the rules. The bouys do not form part of the official measurement as bouys can move and are for guidence only, the official measurment is the triangulated position.
Helen Marsden Welcome back James. I notice that the rules are written in the website for 2010 comp. Note that that important Little word(and)is no longer there for next year. Why has that changed Sharon
Tim Bonnett
Come on Birdman organisers share your knowledge with us all:-
It's now over a month since you were asked how you measured the flights but you still have not answered - why not? - something to hide?
On the 25th August you confidently wrote "Steve didn't reach the buoy, neither did he reach 100m using 3 other measurement m...ethods. That's the end of it" Time for you to show some proof.
Why did you post a still frame from the video from before Mr Elkins flight ended and title it 'Near Miss' - something to hide?
Now I read below the rules have been removed - why? - something to hide?
We all know people enter birdman for the fun, for the thrill and to raise money for charity but why have a prize fund if you are not prepared to pay it out when somebody wins - imagin the National Lottery deciding one week not to pay out on the winning numbers.....
Helen Marsden
Who is the person who claimed that Sharon Clarke had ‘wormed’ out of paying out for the 100M
plus flight by Steve Elkins?
Where are you?
Your recent
post from yesterday morning seems to have disappeared.!!
You gave a link to the competition rules and to the BBC news reel
showing an interview with Sharon
Clarke.
In... this interview she showed the video of the record flight
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/82213
If Sharon and the other organisers had
followed their own rules it would have
become quite obvious to them from this
video that Steve Elkins exceeded the 100M mark.
I agree with your opinion about this and was about to correct a
slight error which I thought you had made when you quoted the rules, when I
noticed your post is not there any
more.
Did you remove your post?
Your error (I think) You
missed out the ‘and’ in section 1.13 of the rules. See below.
That little word makes a lot of difference in fact a few metres difference
I include the following rule
1.14 which I think is also relevant
1.13 The Aviator will be deemed to “cease to
fly” when they stop moving forward and have any significant part of their legs or body immersed in the
water, or when additional force is gained from any swimming stroke, push or
jump from any obstacle.
1.14
Touching
the water does not count against a competitor during a flight and
is discounted in all measurements. Video footage will be
available to the Judges in the event of any dispute.
For others who would like to look at the full rules, they
used to be available under competitor's info at the end of the application form
on the website however they too appear to have
been removed from the website.
Maybe you could ask
Sharon why this is?
Anyway I have a copy of the original rules if anyone wishes to have them but I suggest you do it
quickly.
news.bbc.co.uk
Steve Elkins hoped to claim the £30,000 prize in the Worthing Birdman event, but organisers say he just missed the 100-metre target.
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James
Sharon Clarke form the Worthing Birdman Committee, worms out of acknowledging Steven Elkins passing the 100m marker bouy.
Her computer screen shows a freeze frame from a video clip of Steven touching the water before the marker, what she doesn't show is his head and shoulders passing the marker. He is still moving forw...ard under momentum from the flight. - Read your rules Sharon.
The fact that it is flown over the sea is irreverent, it's just for safety. He was moving forward and passed the bouy. If it was low tide he would have cleared a few more feet.
Sharon Clarke in a interview with the BBC says "He has not um er reached that bouy" - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/82213
"Touching the water before splashdown does not count against the competitor but the Aviator will be deemed to “cease to fly” when they stop moving forward, have any significant part of their legs or body immersed in the water, or when additional force is gained from a swimming stroke, push or other external force". - Taken from their website -http://www.worthingbirdman.co.uk/content
Worthing Birdman Committee, give Steven his well deserved money.
Shame on you Sharon Clarke and the rest of your committee.
Sarah Number one? Worthing Birdman of course.
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Kenji Takeda
The Gadget Show featuring Worthing Birdman is on this Bank Holiday Monday at 8pm on Channel 5. Big thanks to the whole Southampton team, particularly David Toal who got his PhD two days before the event, and was straight in the lab later that day to finish the plane! That's Birdman dedication! http://www.soton.ac.uk/mediacentre/news/
Southampton students are wind beneath Gadget Show's wings at Worthing Birdman :: University of South
www.soton.ac.uk
Students and academics from the University of Southampton’s School of Engineering Sciences have lifted Five’s Gadget Show presenter Jason Bradbury into the skies above Worthing for the International Birdman competition.
