The founder members of the CIVL Paragliding Competitions Safety Task Force have now been formally appointed and approved. Task Force chairman, Gregory Knudson, has gathered together a core group of individuals from within the paragliding community, and will be calling on additional specialists as required.

The CIVL Bureau is pleased to see this dedicated team, with strong international representation from competition pilots, test pilots and manufacturers.

The following are the core group members:
Gregory Knudson (LUX)
-CIVL delegate, competition pilot, aviation professional (safety/accident investigation background)
Hannes Papesh (AUT)
-Designer/manufacturer
Jörg Ewald (SUI)
-Competition pilot and organiser
John Walton (NZ)
-Legal counsel/mediator, long-time paragliding pilot
Josh Cohn (USA)
-Competition pilot
Louise Joselyn (GBR)
-CIVL secretary, CIVL steward and competition organiser
Mads Syndergaard (DEN)
-Competition pilot and organiser
Russel Ogden (GBR)
-Competition pilot, professional test-pilot
Torsten Siegel (GER)
-Competition pilot, professional test-pilot

We look forward to hearing more from the Task Force as their work progresses.
Read Greg’s Letter of Introduction to the CIVL Paragliding Competitions Safety Task Force