Practice Day #2

Awoke to a cool fog engulfing the field this morning. It was down to 3 Celsius last night and it felt like winter… even had the furnace going this morning so my wife knows it was cold:-)

Forecast says possible showers and gusty winds from the south today and true to form, the  winds picked up and intermittent showers came and went. Chad and Will put up the marker poles for the  flight line and the field is all ready and in excellent condition.

Danny Gill and Dave Blaby both had their respective planes ready to go early but didn’t get in the air until 10:40 local time.... sadly the plane disappeared on the verticals and luckily returned. Time to wait a bit more :-)

Will Gross with his bipe.

So what to you call two BiSides? :-)

Conditions were less than ideal but most persevered and the afternoon was flyable although windy from the south.

A Judging Clinic was provided for the FAI Team Trials judges and everyone was welcome to attend. Chad went through the nuances of scoring FAI and everyone enjoyed the refresher... even the pilots.

Chad out does himself with color handouts for each judge.

We managed to get in some additional flights before darkness fell and the appy party started in earnest. All in all a good day for everyone.

All the FAI planes were weighed (with flight packs) and measured with the following results (5050 Grams is max allowable)

Chad Northeast - Accuracy 5023gr and Citrin 5004gr
Ethan Chariandy - Caelestia 4900gr
Colin Chariandy - Axiome 4869gr
Will Gross - Sensation 4782gr and Episode 4879
Michi Akimoto - Axiome 4881gr and Xigris 4965
Dave Reaville - Galactik 4938gr and  Caelestia 4882gr

Ron Kennedy took this shot of the practice lineup.

Canadian F3A National Championships  -Contestant Summary as of Friday August 29th

Sportsman
101 4353 Alex Kellington
102 432 Cam McInnis

Intermediate
201 54398 Travis Sayler
202 543543 Harvey Fodor
203 342 John Maher 
204 53453 Don McGowan 
205 34234 Bill Hurst 

Advanced 
301 43143 Dennis Peperkorn
302 74897 Dave Blaby 
303 69685 Stan Anderson  
304 77760 Danny Gill
305 4324 Don Sinclair
305 Dave McGowan 

Masters
401 50988 Hartley Hughson
402 63103 Nedim Bek
403  6710 Alan Wesley
404 12345 Marty Massie
405 21345 Thomas Khunlein
406 L3455 John Bentley
407  0000 Bill Hawkes 
408 45409 Ron Kennedy 

F3A
601 44564 Chad Northeast
602 76934 Will Gross
603 56510 Dave Reaville
604 67170 Michi Akimoto
605 948422 Colin Chariandy
606 948421 Ethan Chariandy (Jr)

The competition starts Saturday at 9 AM with demo flights for the FAI judges. Looking forward to it!