RI to send team to World Air Games

RI to send team to World Air Games

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will send a team to the World Air
Games in Turkey in mid-September.

The Indonesian Aero Sport Federation's (FASI) secretary
general, Col. Adi Supranto, said to prepare for the event the
federation would hold the Jamboree Air Show (JAS) at Halim
Perdanakakusumah Airforce Base, East Jakarta, from July 17 to
July 20.

"Indonesia will take part in five aero sport events:
aeromodelling, parachuting, paragliding, motorized paragliding
and microlight aircraft," Adi was quoted by Antara as saying.

Adi said this World Air Games was the first to be held by the
International Aerosport Federation (FAI) and that Indonesia
supported FAI's holding the event.

Adi said the JAS '97 was a continuation of the Jakarta Air
Show in 1987 and 1994, and the Indonesia Air Show 1996.

"FASI will hold the JAS every two years starting 1997," Adi
said.

The minister of tourism, post and telecommunications, Joop
Ave, will open the JAS '97 on July 17 at the Haj airfield and at
the same time open an exhibition and workshop on aero sport.

JAS '97 will feature a wing walker from Australia, tandem
jumping and air aerobatics by foreign and local teams.

"We will invite four tandem jumping experts from Australia and
from the army's special forces," Adi said.

Tickets for the JAS '97 cost Rp 1,500 and can be bought from
Haj airfield, Halim Perdanakakusumah (lnt)