We are finished with the contest, finally. The US team finished in third
place. The Germans finished first, and the Swedes finished second for team.
Individually, I ended up in seventh place, Mike Smith was in eighth, and Gordon
ended up in 23rd. Gordon had some bad luck in both distance and speed today,
with a throwout in distance, and a cut in speed. This dropped his position
considerably compared to what we expected going into the last round. Mike had
some good air in speed, and I had some good air for the launch in speed, but
not so good air on the course. I flew the course very well, and got a 17
second run. Mikes run was smoking fast, but had some challenges in crowding
the safety line. He ended up with a 16 second run, one of the faster runs for
the round. My distance was a potential nightmare, and I was very lucky to get
a tie for the 1000 pt score. Gordon had a similar type distance run, but was
not so lucky as I was.
The team score was in doubt until the very last run. One swiss pilot cut in
speed, but did not get a horn on the finish, so he got a reflight. On his
reflight he had some reasonable air, but cut base A. All he had to do was to
get a 19 second run and the swiss team would have gotten third place... We
got lucky, finally!!!
The Germans ran away with the team trophy, and the Swedes had second place with
some very good flying. It was very good to see how things have changed in four
years. The standard of flying has improved dramatically since the last time
I've flown at the WC, in 2001.
Thanks to everybody that supported the US team for 2005. The help we had in
practice was invaluable. Special thanks go to the CVRC club for hosting the
team with a two day practice, as well as the TPG club for allowing us to use
their field for our one day practice sessions.
Regards,
Joe Wurts
Proud USA F3B Team member
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