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World Air Games 2009 Selection Contest

 

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The Torrey Pines Gulls is honored to have been awarded a sanction to conduct a United States National 2009 World Air Games Selection contest. This contest, which will be held June 6th (Friday, the day before the IHLGF) at the Torrey Pines Gulls Poway Flight Center, will go toward determining the two (2) pilots that will be invited to represent the North American Continent at the FAI World Air Games 2009 which will be held in Turin, Italy, June 7-13, 2009.


The World Air Games can be clearly defined as One week – Ten Sports – Unlimited Adrenaline! The World Air Games is the biggest gathering of air sports in the world and during one week brings together, in one location, World Champions and other top competitors in ten different air sport disciplines from more than twenty nations.


One of the disciplines that will be featured at the World Air Games 2009 will be Hand Thrown Gliders or, as we know them, Hand Launched Gliders. For complete details on the HTG event, including rules and tasks go to:


http://www.worldairgames.org/2009/sports-athletes/aeromodelling


There are only two tasks: “Last Flight” and “All-Up”. There will be a minimum of two qualifying rounds; one for each task. The top scorers (up to 24) from qualifying rounds will then go into a semi-final round. From this point forward, the task is “All-Up” with the first pilot down receiving a zero. There will be three launches with a three minute max. The top eight pilots will then go into the finals. Each launch in the finals reduces the field by one until there are only two. One last launch will determine this events Champion. Plaques will be awarded to the top three pilots.


The final scores will be submitted to FAI/CIAM and, in their infinite wisdom, they will decide who and how many pilots from the USA will be invited. We just put on the contest. They do the inviting!


The USA World Air Games 2009 Selection Contest pilots meeting will begin at 2:30 P.M. and the first flight group will launch at 3:00 P.M. There will be no entry fee; however, you must register for the event using the official FAI/CIAM World Air Games Registration Form. This form can be found by clicking on “CIAM WAG Official Entry Form” located at the top of this page.


Thank you for your interest and we look forward to your participation in this event. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or go to the USA FAI World Air Games 2009 Selection Contest blog on R/CGroups at:

 

 http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=835834


PLEASE NOTE: This contest has nothing to do with the USA F3K World Championship Team Selection, which has yet to be established.

Ron Scharck, CD
619-913-4949
Scharck@kw.com

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

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