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The sun has set on another F3CN World Championships it’s time to reflect a little on the event. Bruce and Ian returned home late last night after an epic road trip across Europe to Pitesti, Romania. Steve made it home on Sunday afternoon being fortunate enough to fly to and from the event. The past … Read More

So the final round is over. Luca swept the board and won this round as well as all of the others, a deserving World Champion. Duncan flew an amazing flight and finished 2nd overall – a fantastic achievement. Adam and Dave tied in the music round with 472 points each. Gabriel Grunder, the Junior Austrian … Read More

Yesterday was a full day of practice, hence no report.  After working hard all day, we met up with the GBR F3C team in the evening for dinner.  It was great to have a chance to catch up and reflect on the WChs so far.  We all agreed that those countries who had opted not … Read More

Day 2 of the Championships – First up was the Set Manoeuvres round (2).  All of the GBR pilots upped their game and improved on their round 1 scores – Duncan 1st, Dave 3rd and Adam 4th. Back to the practice site to warm up for the Flight to Music round then it was back … Read More

Day 1 of competition (Tue. 5th Aug) This morning we had an early start heading to the practice site at 8am ready to get in a couple of Set Manoeuvre flights before this morning’s round started.  Adam had opted to do the calibration flight so he & I were at the airfield for 8.45am ready … Read More

We arrived in Pitesti, Romania late yesterday afternoon (Sat. 2nd). Our hotel was a great find as it is less than 10 minutes from the competition site on Aerodromul Geamana.   We found one of our official supporters, Rachael Plant, at the airfield.  She had driven from the UK in her large motorhome with her dog, … Read More

First stop this morning was to the airfield where we had our ‘official’ practise flights before going through model processing.  This all went smoothly and while the team headed to the practice site, Ray and I went off to buy lunch and drinks (water) for everyone.  In this heat (around 30˚C) it’s important for everyone … Read More