As an FYI, The club that hosts the Southwest Classic glider contest in Phoenix every year is adding a different event to our schedule this October. The First F5J Electric Soaring World Championships This October 26-28 2001 the Central Arizona Soaring League will be presenting a contest which we hope will become the first of many events like it. It will be an electric, climb and glide, man-on-man, thermal duration type event with three electric powered classes. We are using the nomenclature of F5J since this is what we eventually hope it will become if FAI incorporates it down the road. There is no recognized F5J class at this time. We are blending the F3J format, with electric powered gliders. No tow men or loose stakes needed here. Many of the rules are similar to F3J, but adapted to electric powered sailplanes. To be fair to all, we are not accepting entries postmarked before May 1, 2001. We can only accept 90 entries total (30 entries per class) and a pilot can only enter 2 of the 3 classes because of the quick turnaround between classes. Entries, rules, classes, schedules, etc. may be found at the web site below. We will be flying multiple rounds over 3 days with Sunday being reserved for the fly-offs of the top ten pilots in each class. The event will be at the same Schnepf Farms Campground where we hold the Southwest Classic in February. Plenty of room and beautiful facilities. The event is being sponsored by CASL, Sailplane and Electric Magazine and Aero-Model Inc. and feature have many vendor booths, a big raffle on Sunday, BBQ dinner Saturday night and more. Please visit our web site for more info and entry forms: http://www.f5jelectric.com/ Thank you, Dave Wenzlick Mesa AZ RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
