RC Scale World Champs
THE HUGE, COLORFUL BANNERS stretched across several streets of Gorizia, proudly proclaiming that the premier Radio Control Scale World Championships was being hosted for 1988 by this small city on the Yugoslavian border in northeastern Italy. From the 3rd through the 10th of September, 41 competitors from 14 countries, hundreds of supporters, and thousands of interested spectators (Europe is a big place) descended upon this delightful region to compete, to observe, and to help out during eight days of intense competition.
1990 Scale World Champs
THE COMBINED Radio Control (F4C) and Control Line (F4B) 11th Scale World Championships drew a total of 26 teams this year. In a radically uneven turnout, a record high of 20 countries participated in the Radio Control competition, while only six sent fliers to the Control Line meet. Both championships took place September 1-9, 1990 in Warsaw, Poland. With full teams for F4C and F4B plus 15 supporters, the United States representation was the largest at the contest. Most of the U.S. contingent arrived in Warsaw on August 29 after traveling by LOT Polish Airlines from Chicago. Two lovely young women greeted them at the airport to serve as English/Polish interpreters. Later we learned that interpreters would be used for all communication between the Polish organizers and visiting teams. While discussion of issues at formal meetings took two to three times longer than usual, there were no major problems.
