We wish to invite you to participate in a dramatic intercontinental race. The fiction is that in the Spring of 1938, two prominent publishers offered a Cape-to-Cape Cup. They challenged the best pilots in the world to race from Europe's North Cape to Africa's Cape of Good Hope. And those pilots responded by taking the best aircraft available to race over the frigid fjords of Norway, the high peaks of the Alps, the shifting sands of the Sahara, the jungles of the Congo, and the highlands and savannahs of British East Africa to finish at Cape Town.
We are conducting a simulated race from Norway to South Africa under conditions similar to those of 1938. Pilots may fly either Golden Age aircraft of the 1930s or General Aviation aircraft of the current era.
Features of the Cape-to Cape Cup.
· The Race begins on April 7, 2012 and ends on May 14th. Registration is due by April 16th. Later entrants may participate but not win.
· Pilots use real weather but not real time. They may fly legs at a time that fits into their own schedules.
· Two classes of aircraft compete: Golden Age (1930s) aircraft using primitive navigation and Modern Era General Aviation aircraft using modern navigation instruments. A large number of tested aircraft are eligible for participation.
· The Route follows a 1938 race course with compulsory stops.
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?64728-2012-Cape-to-Cape-Official-Rules-Release
We are conducting a simulated race from Norway to South Africa under conditions similar to those of 1938. Pilots may fly either Golden Age aircraft of the 1930s or General Aviation aircraft of the current era.
Features of the Cape-to Cape Cup.
· The Race begins on April 7, 2012 and ends on May 14th. Registration is due by April 16th. Later entrants may participate but not win.
· Pilots use real weather but not real time. They may fly legs at a time that fits into their own schedules.
· Two classes of aircraft compete: Golden Age (1930s) aircraft using primitive navigation and Modern Era General Aviation aircraft using modern navigation instruments. A large number of tested aircraft are eligible for participation.
· The Route follows a 1938 race course with compulsory stops.
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?64728-2012-Cape-to-Cape-Official-Rules-Release