In response to this article:
http://ozreport.com/21.035

Martin Palmaz <<Martin>>, USHPA
executive director, writes:

Here is the letter Jamie drafted that I sent last spring. We never
heard back.

Dear Mr. Kascich,

We are writing from the United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association,
the US national Aeroclub governing hang gliding and paragliding here. We were
recently informed by Sepp Himberger that the legal regulations for guest pilots
in Austria are in final review until April 21, 2016. We understand from Sepp’s
message that pilots holding a hang gliding or paragliding license from a list of
approved countries are legally allowed to fly in Austria as of May 1st.

However, we were never contacted by the Austrian Aeroclub who were apparently
handling the evaluation of foreign licenses. Although we were not given an
opportunity to provide information on our national licensing system for
evaluation, we would very much appreciate the chance to do so now so that US
pilots may be included in the guest pilot list for Austria.

We would be happy to provide any information necessary for this evaluation on an
expedited basis given the upcoming deadline for implementation of the guest
pilot program.

We look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience regarding this
matter.

Sincerely,

Martin Palmaz, Executive Director