Site Guide

The SAHPA Site Guide is a volunteer effort, and requires significant effort to collate information, publish, review and promote each site page. The addition of site guides are prioritised based on risk (which explains the proliferation of Western Cape and Garden Route sites), and interest from pilots. If you believe your site should be prioritised, please write a motivation addressed to office@sahpa.co.za.

While SAHPA is the custodian of the SAHPA Site Guide, clubs (Safety Officers and Site Liaison Officers) are ultimately accountable to ensure that Site Rules are clear and that any risks have been identified and communicated to the broader community. Changes are made by the editors (listed above).

In a word, transparency. The internet is already filled with insufficient information about sensitive sites. We would rather publish comprehensive site information, complete with warnings and cautionary advice, than have uninformed pilots attempt sites that they are unprepared for.

When a SAHPA Site Guide page is published, the key stakeholders (Safety Officer, Instructors) are notified with a request to review the content. If there are mistakes, or errors of omission, these are corrected by the editors (typically within a day or two).

As the Site Guide is written for both local and foreign pilots, it is important to eliminate poor writing. Descriptions like “hairy outcrop” and “dodgy launch” don’t translate very well. We try to ensure that all language used in the SAHPA Site Guide is neutral, unambiguous and easy to understand. This also improves the probability that a foreign reader will get an accurate translation from Google Translate.