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ob Sifleet sent me information and
a photo about the US team that
competed in the 2005 F1E World
Championships held in Liptovsky Mikulas,
Slovakia, September 13-18. Bob was the
team manager.
F1E is the FAI class for FF Slope
Soaring gliders. Central European modelers
have been flying this modeling discipline
for decades in the mountainous regions,
including Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland,
and Switzerland, among others. F1E was not
flown in the United States until 2000.
The US team did a wonderful job at the
2005 World Champs. Vince Croghan placed
third as an individual and the US team
placed second overall.
To learn more about this FAI class, look
for an introduction to F1E in the May MA.
View from HQ
Acting Executive Director Joyce Hager
The US team did a wonderful
job at the 2005 World Champs.
B
Safe flying.
Joyce Hager
Acting Executive Director
[email protected]
The US team placed second overall. Team
members included (L-R) team manager
Robert Sifleet, Tom Ioerger, Vince
Croghan, and Peter Brocks.
Solo certificates are available from
AMA Headquarters. Does your club
have a flight training program for
newcomers? If so, did you know that
AMA has solo certificates for sale?
Your club could recognize these
individuals with an AMA Solo
Certificate for just $1 each. These
certificates are decorated with a blue
border and AMA logo at the top.
They even have space to put the name
of the individual being recognized
and the date of
his or her solo
flight.
If your club
would like to perk
up its training
program, please
contact Erin
Dobbs for
ordering
information at
erind@model
aircraft.org or
(765) 287-1256,
extension 272. MA
In next month’s MA:
• A construction article for Paul Vliet’s all-wood LJ-7
• Part 2 of Donald Brooks’ “From the Ground Up” series about
model flight-operation safety
• A “State of the Sport” piece about retro-inspired AMA Special
Interest Groups
And more!
Brendan Jones from
Frankfort, Kentucky,
receives a solo flight
certificate.
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