Newcastle Paragliding Club thanks you for your membership contribution. We also welcome your ideas and the giving of your time to club meetings and projects. Your club supports your access to the site, but needs your support in return.
In order to fly our beautiful sites around Newcastle you need to be a member of the HGFA (either as a full HGFA member or under the HGFA Visiting Overseas's Pilot license).
1. Respect for the site. Hickson Street and surrounds are a precious resource for our sport & our club. Our custodianship of it and ongoing access is never guaranteed and is under regular scrutiny. Please ensure that you access & use it in a manner that enhances our likelihood of keeping OUR resource open. This includes familiarity with site rules – this is your responsibility. The rules are detailed on our website and in various locations around the site. If in doubt it is a requirement that you ask a representative of the club for clarity. Launching/flying/landing only from or within specifically designated areas, in appropriate conditions following approved site procedures.
2. Respect for other stakeholders. Please respect the rights and differing expectations of other site stakeholders – these include residents, landowners, and members of the public and other site users and/or custodians such as National Parks or Newcastle City Council. Flying is not a right – it's a privilege and our ability to participate requires quality relationships with other stakeholders whose interest may not necessarily be aligned to ours.
4. Respect for your club and your fellow members. In a sport like ours we may not always agree but we can control the manner of our disagreement. Please be considerate towards others. Animosity between any Member of the Club or Public will not be tolerated by the Club in any instance. This applies to either verbal or electronic formats such as Email, Social Media postings or any other such carriage service. Should it be felt that an issue warrant's investigation on Pilot Behavior or Safety grounds, the member should direct their concerns in writing to the NPC Committee.
Failure to abide by the above 'Code of Conduct' above could result in suspension of Flying Privileges or escalation to the HGFA as deemed necessary at the time by the Committee.