From: Daryl Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... or is it awfully quiet regarding the F3J world championships? ============ My previous response didn't seem to go to the list, so... Well done to all the F3J participants, from wherever. It was exciting following the F3J, even though the only news was from the website and the pix.
It's really marvelous that we have such great Juniors coming up in the U.S. Bodes well for the future. Congratulations to David Hobby, who won in convincing fashion, the only competitor to max out the flyoffs (all 15 min rounds). And to Philip Kolb, who presumed to be able to improve on Dr. Quabeck's WC design and apparently succeeded. And to Joe, who flew great as always. And to Skip and Tom, who represented our country like champs. Canada, Australia, Czech Republic, and Germany all placed two flyers in the finals. That's a high standard! 84 flyers from 30 countries participated. Their commitment and effort benefits all of us. It's not just the improvements in planes - there are fallout benefits when governments consider frequency allotments, flight regulations, and other potential threats to our flying. And the whole scenario of amateurs traveling across continents to compete without big-bucks corporate sponsorship or TV cameras is just a nice thing to contemplate. No steroids, no referee scandals; just a bunch of champion modelers in a field in Slovakia flying their planes. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
