a 1 WvRW PIDNIN PS PERIGUEUX IS LOCATED beautiful wine country south France Radio Control Control Line teams met Paris final flight Bordeaux would bussed Perigueux Unfortunately left behind day grave concern TWA Flight 800 New York crashed shortly after takeoff day left World Championships oblivious whole tragedy until arrived Perigueux following day Fortunately team flight travel arrangements made Air France part Cathy Bernstine Perkins Travel Sandusky Ohio Air France transported airplane boxes team members After few delays together Perigueux competition model boxes arrived unharmed event held Perigucux Bassillac Airport near Perigueux airport totally closed competition flying held up least twice day incoming outgoing traffic minor inconvenience days long Transmitters turned 730 am daily Flying 8 am until 8 pm daily two-hour seven-course lunches served 1230-230 pm Sevencourse dinners served 8301030 pm food delicious prepared local cooking school truly authentic French mealsa gastronomical delight Radio Control flying began Sunday afternoon after opening ceremonies Static judging started after first group flying well underway Static time typically ran 20-30 minutes per airplane Control Line static also started Sunday flying starting until Wednesday provisional event Large Scale held World Championship staticjudged starting Monday flight beginning Wednesday 8 Model Aviation rlene Frederick Karel Vodesil took tenth-place F4C Knauer Cll features fully detailed Austro-Daimler engine 18 countries competing Radio Control eight Control Line seven Large Scale static three judges flight five judges used event part weather OK few downpours delayed flying wind did become problem Thursday during last round flying last few fliers given option refly Friday however after first flier declined rest followed suit except flier scoresheets destroyed As typical World Championships aircraft magnificent First place Radio Control Max Merckenschlager Germany flying Albatros DVa Max outscored static few points flying abilities won him top flight scores three rounds flown second-place aircraft Caudron GIII built flown Vladimir Handlig Czech Republic Vladimir first-place winner two years ago Arnhem Netherlands banquet Vladimir passed around horizontal stabilizer airplane everyone autograph Im sure will see him next world championships new aircraft Third place won Andres Luthi Switzerland Nieuport 28 US team did very well Ray Torres placed eighth Beechcraft Kim Foster Sopwith Pup placed ninth first-time competitor Wayne Frederick Fokker DVIII placed 25th giving team fourth-place honors Control Line event won Marian Kazirod Poland Avro Lancaster repeat first-place winner January 1997 9 Switzerlands Andreas Luthi third overall F4B Nieuport 28 Germanys Max Merckenschlager first-place Albatros DVa Photos author Graphic Design Carla Kunz Ukrainian modeler Valery Kramarenko flew Russian Antonov An-26 third place Control Line event SQAhI W9R~ NAMPENSNIPS 1994 Second place went Vasiliy Kromin Australia transplant Russia super-nice guy flying Antonov An-14 third place Valery Kramarenko Ukraine Antonov An-26a very familiar face aircraft Control Line circle Steve Ashby US placed fourth Dornier 17 Jack Sheeks placed tenth Spitfire Mk d9a Dale Campbell placed 14th Ryan STA giving Control Line team third place spot podium Control Line team members helped engine problems Manager Marketing Sales 0S engines Yasufumi Sugawara Japan Exhibition flying put group giant aircraft An Air France Airbus 340 model aircraft flew San Francisco Paris four turbine engines built flown Henri & Mireille Wild made several flybys certainly looked sounded realistic 10 Model Aviation e Fredericks Fokker DVIII helped US team claim fourth place F4C Flying Pencil Indianapolis Indianas Steve Ashby flew good-looking Dornier 17 fourth place F4B Czech Republics Vladimir Handlik second F4C French Caudron GlII two-seat sesquiplane Later week Guerdat Team showed up Hercules C-130 650m 21 feet 4 inches wingspan weighing 65 kilos 143 lb SE5a spanning 4lOm 13 feet 6 inches weighing 80 kilos 176 lb aircraft awesome flew beautifully 1998 F4C Radio Control World Champs will held late April/early May will hosted South Africa new rule changes going effect January 1997 hope see influx new competitors vying spot US team weight limit has raised 7kg 10kg 22 pounds flight bonus has eliminated should open up spectrum aircraft competing future details 1998 World Championships rules contact Competitions Department AMA Headquarters unclear Scale Control Line event will held past has held Radio Control Scale some talk will held conjunction Control Line events held Russia 1998 World Championships wonderful event grand opportunity see rest world enjoys hobby See next F4B/F4C team trials World Championship ary1997 11 Mick Reeves Sopwith Strutter helped UK team claim second place F4C Another US Control Line entry Dale Campbells Ryan STA took 14th place Ray Torres prepares Beechoraft F4C competition Ramon Torres assists
