To the soaring community, We are beginning the serious preparations for the 2003 F3B World Championships to be held in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany. The 2003 Team consists of Gavin Botha, Mike Lachowski, and Darrell Zaballos. These are the flyers that won spots on the team at the Team Selection Finals last Summer in Atlanta. Also traveling to the Worlds will be Daryl Perkins, our 4 time World Champion, Tom Kiesling and Michael Smith as ground support, and me as Team Manager.
We need the help of the soaring community to make this happen. A trip of this magnitude for seven people is expensive, and AMA is only able to help out financially to a limited extent. Our fundraising activities include offering T- shirts with this year's logo and team member names. Our first order of shirts is nearly sold out, with about 2 dozen shirts left (sizes L, XXL, XXXL). The price of these is $20 (plus $2 for shipping); all of which goes directly to the team. If you would like to order a shirt, please e-mail me or send a check to the address below; be sure to include your size. Checks may be made out to "F3B Soaring" or to "Jim Thomas". After the first order is sold out, the second will be purchased, and will include all sizes. We also could use donations from individuals, corporations, etc. If you need a letter from the team to support a donation, please let me know. We will list all donators as sponsors on the website when it is up. Sizable donations from corporations could also be recognized via patches on the team uniform jackets. The F3B website is under development, and will be your window to the activities of the team. When up and running, we hope it will be informative and interesting to all US modelers. The URL is www.usaf3b.com. Jim Thomas, Team Manager 482 Rockport Circle Folsom, CA 95630 [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
