Jojo (jojo's personal diary here: www.grini.no ) will go to the NATS in USA next year!! With help from a lot of cool guys he is able to finance the trip. Jojo thanks you a lot. I don't have the complete list but: Nathan Woods, Jim McCarthy, Larry Jolly, Gordy Stahl, Dr. Danny C. Williams,
Jim Bacus, John Diniz, Robert Burson, Kennedy Composites, Don Richmond, Rob Glover, Larry Ruble, Jack Strother, Brian Smith, Chuck Robinet, Espen Torp, Gudmund Malones, Volz, AMA, LSF and Horizon Hobby. Jojo will compete in almost all sailplane classes over there!! F3J, Unlimited, RES (rudder, elevator, spoiler) and 2meter
Link: LSF/NATS site

6.august 2005 - Back home
I have a huge number of pictures (700 + a compiled video) that I dont find much room for on the internet. So: Any of you attending Nats or from the Nats crew can have one CD sent for free in the mail.  All others can also have if you donate a dollar or 10 to my paypal.... Send me an email with your contact details and I will ship ;-)
--- jo (@) grini.no ----
Hilsen (Regards) Jojo - personal website: www.grini.no

2.august 2005
Wouldn't you know there were wifi on Arlanda airport in Sweden also ;-)

 
Every seat have LCD with cameras under plane and front to choose from + the usual "were are we". Over Island the sunset came up and pasing Norway I could see my homeplace.

1.august 2005
Heading home and are now online on intercontinal wifi. Pretty cool. Not often one gets to do this. There are a few things one should do on intercontinal flights and I shall not mention all...
Anyhow I bunkered up with a lot of barbeque sauce and have a lot of images in my head from this trip. I may have to go on a diet before I start on the sauces (that we travelled many hour to get).

The last I could see of USA

31.july 2005
Last day in USA that could be used for something useful. Had a great flying session with the Louisville gang and me and Ed Wilson fixed Tony's new Vandal. I got to fly the thing first and it surprised me to be a nice model. Not as stiff as we European wants it but good stuff for TD.

Tony with his new Vandal bought from Don Richmond

OK a powerplane snueaked up on me...

30.july 2005 - Finishing off
Back in Louisville after Nats and Gordy gives me all he has with heavy breakfast, local DS-slope, dinner with wife, Horseshow with daughter (Kentucky is famous for horseracing), indoor American football (also with Tony and Megan) and finished off with karaoke. Is it possible to do more in one day?

Boiling Bourbon and Bourbon bull...

Left: Jojo with Gordy's model. Right: Gordy's daughter over!!! HIGH!

Football indoor in American is not like Europe.
High music, girls, high music and a Pike player..

29.july 2005 - RES and Nostalgia
Today the last and relaxed events were going to happen and so they did. I was so relaxed about the flying that I was way of on that thinking. I did nice but missed in the last round completely. In Unlimited yesterday I was sorry to miss that 3rd place but today I had a big laugh. It was a relaxing end to the Nats adventure and a landing out there and a "walk of shame" back was ok. First round Marc Gellert made me trim the AVA and fly 7min off sticks (Tx on the ground, plane flyes by itself). I am very thankful to all the super guys I met up with and I also took some time off today to see the Nats museum. Pictures might come up later but this THE best museum to be in. Our own story is kind of told here though they do not have a Pike Superior (but Skip Millers world champion model nr.3). In the morning I also made a few shots of the site we were in. This is just a SMALL part of the AMA grounds. It would be very cool to have the worlds here. The site is big, loooong way to any trees, they have the people for it, Camping grounds on field, plenty of hotels and friendly people. Might be a long way for many and Canada just had one worlds in F3J but I think it can happen.
Hey guys I might be here next year also... Now in Louisville for some extra action with the guys down here. Back in Norway on Tuesday.
Results: RES (Rudder Elevator Spoiler) and Nostalgia

The soaring part of the Nats site. In the background the motorsite.

Left: My camera connected to the Rx. Right: Yeah they are BIG

28.july 2005 - Award banquet
The Banquet was nice and most got a few prices in the raffle. I got my share and I can tell you there were extremely good prices!! Well worth those 20dollars. The food was ok and the beer was excellent. Stayed away from the strong stuff though... My camera flash did not work strangely so no pictures. BTW Gordy and I entered the team Louisville together with Tony and Ed. We got to be 3rd of 9 teams ;-) Good night

28.july 2005 - Unlimited final day
Just a small update before a banquet tonight. Tomorrow is RES competition and you guessed right. I am in there too...
Today I screwed up but not enough to get off wood as they call it here. I was doing well in 3rd place and had some solid scores. The weather today was great with a lot of thermals. Problem was that it is just like home. So easy to get a flight that "sucks" and there are no throwouts here. In round 8 I came home early and were even just a few meters form the mark. So I dropped from 3rd to 8th but worked my way up to 7th in the last round. Anyhow I had a new great day at this huge flying field that is just for us modellers. And to finish 7th with 104 pilots is --- well very good. The competition was fair and the organizing so far have been super. Lots of people helping out and all runs like clockwork (but still in a settle normal way). Today we had a little higher temperatures but not enough to get me sweating hard. Wind was on and off with thermals. Tom Kiesling won with Daryl Perkins right behind. Daryl could take him on the last flight but needed full score with only loosing 4 points. He lost 10. I have video HERE (4,5mb .wmv) of how you can do a 90 landing with last round pressure... BTW Tom Kiesling did not use skeg while Daryl was (a pin under the plane to stop it on the ground). Off to banquet after a shower.
Results are HERE

It was almost a podium...

Left: My timer in most rounds unlimited Marc launches his plane
Right: A typical landing. Yes the landings are close to eachother.

Turnaround trolls getting prices!!

The guys that made wood of those 104 pilots. And my Pike Brio..

27.july 2005 - Unlimited day 1
Today we started a twoday event of unlimited. This is a Thermal duration event much like F3J but we use winches, launches one at a time, get a 100inch landing tape and the task time might vary. Basically the CD decides how long the task is according to the conditions. Just as 2m actually but you can use as big plane you want inside the FAI limits. The scores are like this: The best time in the group gets 1000p. Then on top you get the landing scores. 0-1inch is 100points, 1-2inch=99points, etc. We are standing apx. 5m from the mark behind a fence and there is a landing pattern so that you can not circle in the landing zone.
The weather today was just as home. varied conditions and NORMAL temperatures ;-) There was a bit wind that resulted in a lot of landings outside the tape and a lot of broken winch lines. Basically linebreaks are much more common here than with a F3B winch back home. There are some rules about this so you do NOT want to brake that line. That means you got to tap the pedal but the zoom can be full pedal mostly. Starting altitude is almost as F3B but turnarounds are further out I think (did not meassure). The "turnaround trolls" (kids) brings the lines back with golfcars. Cool... We all had a good day out. 104 competitors is a large event and it all takes time so we did not finish on the field before late in the evening. Tomorrow we will be finished earlier though and there will be an banquet. Personally I am doing better than I thought and are up there with the best though I can not match Daryl Perkins (Insanity) and Tom Kiesling (Supra) in the landing zone YET. But I keep sliding to the left and will fix that landing flap for tomorrow... I fly my Brio and it flew really well today. I was very confident in it and it worked well in the calm evening conditions. Cant wait to get those Giant tips. There are all sorts of planes here and a lot of cool but also strange looking planes (comparing to Europe). In the evening I got to check out the AVA (Kennedy Composites) I borrow for RES later in the week. BTW I have had great help (spotting) from Marc Gellert and Gordy Stahl today.
Results after day one (.pdf)

A lot of planes in the pits

American planes.. Like the Bubble dancer

 
Marc Gellert and right: Gordy Stahl

Picture says it all if you are one of those here...
Some wants a sign with "I beat Daryl" and others "I beat Jojo"
I guess I will have "I beat myself" ;-)

Launch late in evening

Tom Kiesling got good help from Egyptians ;-)

27.july 2005 - morning
Thunderstorm past by during the night. Right now we have a hot Norwegian summer... It will clear up during the day. The weather is going to be great during the weekend as a high pressure builds up. Unlimited starts today. Are you wondering about the rules? You will find them in THIS document (.pdf)

26.july 2005 2m
Results (72 competitors):
1. Tom Kiesling, home made
2. Jo Grini, Organic
3. Johnny Berlin, Duck
ALL final results HERE (.pdf)

Robert Burson got this great one.

It was HARD today! Windy conditions and 2meter competition is cruel to the scores. I know. It was blowing 15-20mph (6-9m/s) and hot with temperatures in the 90-95's (32-35c). We got 5 more rounds today and ended just before the rain hit us after the prizegiving. The CD was driving us hard with 10 and 8min tasks then 6minutes for the last ones. Many got poor times and that's good for me since I am not a good lander compared to many others. Tom Kiesling deserved the win with excellent flights and landings though I had a small chance catching up if I got it all right. I did not. I was coming home late in the last two rounds and was only a few meters from the mark each time (the landing area is uphill kind of..). Typical flying today was up front moving as the lift was there or went thru. Later in the day we could hook up and go way backwards and fairly high on some slots. The field we are on are HUGE but still people land in the corn and beanfields leaving them searching for hours. The event went smooth and scores are out after each round!

Jojo on practice. Yes he got about 10 flights on it before comp..

Sorry I forgot to pick up my memorystick and did not photo the results. I was kind of exited about the result... Thanks guys. I had 6 different timers today and timed for a bunch myself. They all did a nice job. There were some carnige today. Not that many blown in launch but the launches was ruining models because of bad throws, loose or bad repairs and bending rods. Many guys use aluminium rods because the bend but do not break. This is a nice contest form and very difficult to do good in. Everybody learns some here. A new day tomorrow. We are no off to Unlimited. Ok I am very happy though the first place slipped.. Might have been a strange situation with a Norwegian winning I guess...
Some of the pictures are from Robert Burson and Don Richmond

Jojo jumps happy. Winners: 2.Jojo 1.Tom Kiesling 3.Johnny Berlin

Johnny gets time and spotting.. Right: Clubcar.. get the lines fast...

New model: Duet. Prototype that might get reworked rudder but
seemed to work ok. Electric version also.

Well we are sportsguys right?

Jojo looking at a Duck. Then he launches his Organic

 
Winners of wood.

 
Left McCarthy junior. Right: Kiesling with home built plane.

Some of the models in readyzone

26.july 2005 2m last day - morning
Looking good with nice weather and lower temperatures than yesterday. Expected high winds and maybe a bit of leas in the models...

25.july 2005 - 2meter first day (2day event)
I maybe should say something like "2M sucks" but hey that's not it. This is an event for the masses that really likes thermal competition on cool winches and do the thermal thing with extra beating in the landing. To take part here really makes you a better thermal pilot and a better landing pilot. And the models are from standard, thru ready half price of a 3m model and homemades. To build a homemade for this is ok because you don't need super spar and still are fairly competitive. I really like it though I do not handle those landings like the US guys do. Luckily in this event the Contest director decides the flying time each round and we were doing mostly 10min that hurt some today. I did my times and got fairly good landings. All in your group start at after each other (the line manager says spot 1,2, 3, etc...) and the times in your group gets normalized to 1000nds. then the landing score comes on top. This year they did a 100inch (1inch is 2,54cm. So total 2,5m) tape with 100points for best.
Many were looking at Daryl Perkins again that are a super pilot but gives it all and sadly lands out. So Tom Kiesling again leading thru the day until the conditions fall dramatically. The guys under him got to be at the top (atleast for a while) and I am happy though am also just waiting to get hurt. There is NO throwouts here (cool). The competition runs smooth though one thing is a bit strange. Your group starts to fly before the previous have landed. This means you might have a total different helper. Your friend might be preparing for the next group. So I had 4 different helpers in 6 rounds. But they all did well! The winches are provided by the organisers and works well with no problem it seems. Today was extremely hot and a bit windy. Tomorrow will be very windy they say. I am flying a Organic I borrow from Kennedy Composites and it is well equipped and flying nice. Pretty cool to see all the planes that are made in USA. More than half of the planes are made here and flying well. Sorry I did not make more pictures. Too much spotting for guys and flying. AND drinking water.

HERE are the scores after 6 rounds (.pdf).
Thanks to Robin Meek for the Excel files. I have all detailed scores and will post when I have time (tired now)

Oh and follow the great "Nats news" from the 23 and on.
Jim Bacus is taking great shots

Left: Starting line. Right: Cal Posthuma a VERY competitive guy gets his Tx by Marna Jeffery that runs the impound and calling hard ;-)

 
A long row of radios. Guess what I am using. No not the one standing out

24.july 2005 - F3J last prelim. and finals

4 Arrogant pilots and our dedicated timer.

WOW I am getting tired. But it is sure fun to get tired this way ;-)
We got in a few more rounds of preliminaries before the finals in F3J Nats 2005. I was still in my team "Arrogant Bastards Ale" (we got t-shirts, beer, mugs, etc) and this team really knows how to have fun. Don Richmond is the drive force and our boss but basically we are equal guys that has same sense of humour. We did well and I climbed from 8 to 4th in the prelims and got into the finals. My Pike Brio is THE weapon in this humid and hot air (and windy today). We started the finals way after lunch and I screwed up right away. The wind had picked up with gusts up to the FAI limit (12m/s or 26mph) and just as I was releasing my plane for the first flight a gust came in from the side. I went fast knifeedge to the right and got it up but hit Daryl Perkins line and cut it off leaving me popping off and Daryl in 20m. I relit (could have gotten a reflight but as I understand protests and stuff is not welcome here...). Daryl asked for a reflight he got offcourse. Anyhow I flew it out and got an ok score. In the landing I got in tiny bit too fast and both flaphorns came off leaving me with my Superiors that were set up for light conditions. Used two rounds with lead and CG in the wrong place before I found that sweet spot again and got a good 4th round. Robert Burson and Don Richmond repaired it quick but did not get it fast enough to repair it before the last round (epoxy too slow). No throwout over here and that's good I think. Almost everybody wants to get rid of that throwout-rule now.

F3J at the Nats. Up to 11 planes start at the same time.

Anyhow there were a LOT of carnige today both crash in start, spars in start and especially landing out in the corn field. Now we are talking about 3-4m high corn and no way to find it... Example Daryl Perkins goes way out there with a thermal (they are going fast in that wind) and the humid moist makes him loose his Sharon out of eyesight. He spun into the ground way out there. Daryl got a big plane so they went for a overhead search with GPS with no luck but found other guys planes. Daryl probably only had one plane and gave up offcourse and retired (anyhow no throwouts in finals).
In the finals (10 pilots) I got to be nr.6. Not super-happy but I got 3 more comps to be National champion... After the comp. I did some circle towing with F3J line just stuck in the ground and got great hights. Our team was easily the most consistent highest launches all day. Cool.
Winner? Well Kiesling deserved it with 4x good scores...

Rules:
 We were going to fly by the FAI rules but did some changes. Like we did not have a throwout (almost all agrees on that). The reflight in the finals was a "crossed line" snapping. Dont think that gives reflight (though it happened dring WC Finland and was fixed in later rules). The reflight was whole group and not the drawn group as the rules say. That means pilots got the "better score" like the rules dont want anymore. I dont have access to detailed scores to check "funny results"... But we all got a nice competition ;-)

Winner Tom Kiesling and CD Phil Renaud

This is what you get by launching all your teams planes and your own..
But after we had a good Arrogant Bastard Ale and had a good laugh.

Norwegian flag shows were the guys are in the corn field.
They had radios and others were guiding them.

23.july 2005 - F3J first day
Up early today for some preliminary rounds of F3J Nats. I was into the "Arrogant bastard ale" with some good guys that showed up to be even better than I thought. Basicly the team consist of Jojo, Don Richmond, Rob Glover and Larry Ruble. But we also got help by timer and towers for the day and had a blast. We might not be the best team out there but we sure very soon got to be a close team that worked really well! Personally I screwed up in the first round. We did not get a full test of the timing equipment and since I was first I got really confused to say the least. They were running a computer and electronic device from a big trailer with 2 speakers on the middle of the flightline. The timing was nice until I was in for the landing. I was expecting either 5 beeps and a long or one beep at the end. Then the voice said two words and the beep was on top of the third word. I was sure I was in but according to a pilot on the next team I was off. I had dumped it on the word of this guy and was sure that I was on the ground before the last word but ok I am flying and are pretty tense... (like always). Anyhow I was doing ok after that and with no throwout I am now in 8th place.

MY team!! Arrogant bastard ale

The other team-mates also did nice although I don't know the scores yet. Don Richmond impressed the most with smooth flying. Rob Glover went really nice also but got hurt in some rounds. Larry Ruble had a brand new plane and needed some dialling in before he got it going. But he did better and better. It is hard to say who was at what spot in the competition since I never checked the scoreboard and with 11 spots.. But it was a super hot day with good conditions in the morning and calm very difficult conditions for the last rounds. We got 5 rounds and will have more tomorrow morning before the finals. Gordy was missing me I guess... He had some real big problems. He will be hooking up with me for the other comps for sure. We will kick some ass later!! In the evening they had this super barbeque and some of the guys tried to get me drunk. NOT! The food was excellent and I am really having a good time around all these smiling folks. Looking forward to tomorrow. Oh btw the CD is running it not fast but smooth with no problems. 5 rounds is nice on a day with long lunch and start-up problems (missing some landing spots)

Jojo in for a nap?

Barbeque

Strange guys... 2 strange situations... 1 normal ;-)

 
well....

More pictures later of planes and stuff.. I am tired...
Ben Wilson has some great pictures at Louisville site

22.july 2005 - DLG
So we finally arrived in Muncie on a hit summer day..
The guys were flying DLG and 4 out of 29 had dropped out but there were still a big bunch of models in the air all the time so plenty to look at and good flying. The conditions were hard with some 2-5m/s winds and small thermals that only some guys got in the hot conditions.
I met up with a lot of guys I only know from names and emails but now I got a face on them. Gordy did not fill me up with ribs today but he got a bunch of other stuff (yes it was good). Anyhow Phil Barnes was THE guy today. Congrats! 2nd Doug Pike and 3rd Bruce Davidson. I had to cheer for the Louisville guys that ended on 3rd and 4th offcourse ;-) After the competition I assembled an Organic I have borrowed from Kennedy Composites and flew it 10-15 times. Got it all sorted out and are ready for 2m contest after the F3J. Thanks Barry!! In the evening we went to a mexican restaurant and I actually had salad (Gordy was not sitting next to me and the waitress was with me first).
Now I have left Gordy... Robert Burson have taken over the responsibility of that crazy Norwegian ;-)
Official scores HERE

Blaster coming thru (competitive model today)

Blaster in for a new one. Mexican with some of the guys.

Larry Jolly misses Tx or model?. Phil Barnes with model.

One of the tents. Great in 90F..

The juniors and the wood guys.

22.july 2005 - morning
Finally some clouds and 70F... (20c)
Rained in the night but there are some blue spots in the sky.
Ground is so hot that it dried up in no time.
Waiting for Gordy to pick me up and we are off to Muncie

21.july 2005
Late start today. Since Gordy is "never home" he needed to fix up things home and a strange skinny guy comes over to spraypaint his fence and stuff. Now this guy is not doing anything right and spraypaints all other stuff including Gordys windows and car. We still manage to get in some good breakfast, a full stack of ribs for lunch and then heads out to the flying field for a local comp supposedly. We never had a big comp. but had a good time with the Louisville guys untill me an Gordy just "had to" have some competition. So we got some timers and went for 3 rounds of 5min tasks and a landing with 1 point per feet. The winch was a typical american winch with braided 300 line and a retriver. It was the first time I used one of these but it was a "no brainer" and very cool to see that retriever getting the line back so fast that you could almost have man on man contest. They had a bit of an issue with the retriever that someone had bent a bit on but basically it was a lot of flying and no collecting. Cool - I almost want one myself... The contest beetween me and Gordy were pretty "tense" as we flew in the same air. Me with my Brio and Gordy with his brand new Pike Superior. The air would have been challenging with 10min task but 5 min was no problem even with this extreme humidity and heat (90-100F or 32-37celcius). Gordy got in a bit late in the last two rounds so he bounced off since he came in fast but basically we flew some hot and good rounds.
Results:
Jojo: 4:58 99p - 4:59 99p - 5:01 98p = 8points lost
Gordy: 5:00 95p - 5:01 98p - 5:02 95p = 15points lost
Timers: Rick Whiteworth and Jason Langley

Gordy nails that landing

I am very tired now after a mexican meal with almost all the Louisville guys. Thanks guys - it was a nice day at the field. Be sure to visit their website: http://www.louisvillesoaring.org/ 
Tomorrow we will leave for Nats and will arrive in time to see the last rounds of the DLG hopefully.

Gordy with Ed Wilson in the background. Then Gordy with a full stack of ribs.

Cute DLG and Gordy getting timed by one of the few planet earth's girl pilots. Meagan did not enter Nats but I think she will soon ;-)

All happy guys after a hot day

21.july 2005 - morning
Woke up to some rain but just 1 hour later there is blue sky and calm hot weather. A little breeze outside that might be nice...

20.july 2005
First real day in USA and Gordy took me out to every corner and turned every stone around. I guess mostly to be seated in a car or be inside were air-conditions is running all day long. There was not one single place around here that did not have an air conditioner. And when you walk out to 90-95F (33-35celcius) you feel the difference I can tell you. BTW the humidity is very high so it IS hot here. But cool enough we went of for some flying with one of the "good guys". Lets see if you can spot his name by the picture. It begins with a B.... allergic to cats (like me) and he loves fishes. Actually he is THE saltwater guy in the aquarium world to meet. So after a big stack of ribs to lunch - me flying B.... (ok then Bruce Davidson) XP-4 10 flights and Gordy's AVA 3 flights we sat down for some chicken and beer before Gordy got me into 2 more free nights on Holiday inn (no not that cheap kind we have in Norway). Might go for a bubble-bath-tub later tonight or tomorrow morning. I got my luggage and cant wait to get a new shirt on. See some of you tomorrow for a local TD contest probably and then we will be in Muncie midday Friday.

Bruce has a good throw. I have flown Jonas Ekman's "Bug" and its the same wing but different fuse. The bug felt better but Bruce's turned a bit better if you were nice to it. But this was his B-model and bagged planes are different from plane to plane. Personal setup can make a huge difference here.


Bruce is a "waterman"


Right off the press: Gordy will try RES. Not at Nats though, but he did get those landings today just inches away from my cap. That's good when this was his first day out with a rudder/elevator/spoiler plane. We had to use a few hours in his cellar though to get the tailfeathers right. On the mid-picture you see Gordy with what he sells mostly and on the right Kentucky Derby... yes the building is 100 times bigger than the picture...


Cool clouds forming around us.
Gordy got this one with my camera

19.july 2005
06:41 Norwegian time and 00:41 Louisville time!!
I am there and Gordy picked me up as promised!
Gordy sticks to it even just home from a trip himself.
I almost lost the flight from Chicago to Louisville but ran like a maniac from Terminal 5 to 2. Seems I have to work out...
Pretty cool to have broadband (wifi) on the flight with SAS but I used 1 hour to set it up and barely managed to save this website before my batteries drained out. Need some burning Lipo's in this computer...
Clothes is still in Chicago (guess my legs were faster) but planes are here.
 

Picture from the plane. Cool with cameras on the plane both under and in the nose. One could see straight ahead on each chair. But the wifi sucked.

Ice crystal on the window

High speed connection was "unavailable" at times but worked

22:00 local time (home)
Finally no way back. Passed Grenland and in 10.000m I am writing this!!

17:00 local time Denmark. Waiting for the plane from Copenhagen to Chicago to be ready. Some tech problems they say. So I am stuck here looking at the girls and drinking some beer (o no I am an athlete and don't drink - so disregard that statement..). Good thing they have wifi in the airport then..

Yes that's the "Lift ticket to Norway" cap. Thanks to Espen (www.et-air.com) for a contribution on my trip..

13.july 2005

Started packing and did some "altitude training" in the mountains. The snow is still there and my Shongololo (an South African RaceMachine) had severe flutter while DS'ing hard. Great day. I am all set and 3 Pike's with skegs are ready while 2 (AVA and Organic) await me "over there" from Kennedy Composites. The JR radio from Horizon have to be charged though..

Other upcoming events:

- World Championship F3B - Finland
Norway have its own team
Daily updates by Egil Roland (hereby webmaster2)

- European Championship F3J - Osijek Croatia
Norway will not enter with a team. Jo Grini will instead go to Nats in US (National championships) since he is invited and is supported highly by many "over there". There will be reports right here on this site ;-)

Our own uncle Sydney (atleast the Uncle of F3J) have made a new super report infront of the EC in Croatia. Read it HERE

-> Roo ??
He is on a new Walkabout!

Norwegian Championship F3J 2004
1. Jo Grini, Valdres
2. Arnfinn Lie, Cirrus
3. Aril Røsvik, Tromsø
Results and details from finals HERE
Look for updates on www.vingen.no (results)
Some extra pictures HERE (opens a pop-up with pict.)
Cup results and National team selection 2005 HERE

Philip Kolb wins Bled Eurotour event
AND thereby the Contest Eurotour!!
Philip have been flying Sharon and Pike Superior this season.
Pilost flying with Superiors were
1,4,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,14,15,16,20,21,23
Last fly off pilot lose 15 points, 23rd pilot lose 47 pionts. Morning and evening rounds were very difficult. We congratulate!
See the Contest Eurotour page

WC in F3J, Canada is moved HERE
Launching in the finals

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