Ivan Kristensen

THE FOLLOWING is a day-by-day account of the 3rd European F3A Aerobatics Championships held in LaGarde, France, July 9-13, 1986. It was written by Ivan Kristensen in a manner to give the reader a better understanding of what goes on at one of these exciting events. Day 1 (Sunday, July 6). Our trip was off to an excellent start. Dean Koger arrived from Dayton to travel with me out of Toronto International Airport. At the airport we were met by Peter Alnutt who, incidentally, has considerable international Free Flight acclaim. Peter was able to have us checked through security by way of a special entrance which is primarily used by airline staff and flight personnel, thereby enabling us to be checked through faster than otherwise would be possible. I should mention that Peter is an employee of Air Canada and happened to be on duty the day we left. Peter also had our boarding passes ready, and as a special bonus he had us seated in the Super Club section of our British Airways 747 which was to take us from Toronto to London, England.