New F3J-event

Sunday 28th of april, it was another F3J-event at Cirrus airfild, Spydeberg, Norway. 17 pilots attended, my club with 5 pilots. Nice weather, with lots of small thermals most of the day. And lot of sink of course... We flew 5 prelims and 2 finals.
I did quite well, and ended third in the prelims. Only one mistake. Droped of the line in one start, and had to restart. But got 914 in that round, and ended up with an average of 985. And got a personal best with flighttime 9:52,5 in round one. Nice! Of course nothing compared to the 9:57 something that we have seen, but in a norwegian competition, this is a nice time.
The other in the finals where my team-mate Erik Morgan, Arnfinn Lie, Jo Grini and Øivind Ellevog. Erik got the lead after the first final, but missed a bit in the second. Jo Grini was again at the top of the podium, with Erik as second and Arnfinn at third. I got forth and Øivind fifth.
A little drawback for me was a "midair" with Tor Midtlund. He's Perfects senter sections was a lot harder than mine Perfects wing tip... I lost.
But Jo offered to repair the tip for me, and now as I write this, I got a SMS from Jo, telling me that the tip is already repaired, and shipped back to me! In just a few hours... I owe you a big one, Jo. Thanx!
Next F3J competition in Norway is the nationals, first weekend in june. At "Klanten airfild", with Jo as the organizer. It will for shure be a nice event, and I look forward to it! Would probably leave a day or to early to get familiar with the high altitude of the field (around 900 meters I think.)

The seasons first cup-event F3J in Norway

found place sunday 22th of april, at the club field of my club, MFK Vingen. Pour weather... Rain all day. 14 pilots attended in the morning, but 8 of them decided not to fly because of the weather. 6 pilots startet, 3 teams consisting of 2 pilots. This is only possible with winch-starts of course... We have used winches in F3J for some years now, in Norway.
We flew only 3 rounds with 2 finals. That is what it takes to get official results in Norway.
I got quite beaten in round 2, and no finals for me... Ended 4th. Not good flying at all. Inge Balswick was the man of the day. 3000 points after prelims, and 2000 points in finals. Second was Thorbjørn Jespersen and third Arnfinn Lie.
To say that we had a nice day is to push it a little... Rain all day, heavy crossvind and only 3 degress C is not nice at all... But if you really want to fly you just do it!
Next F3J event is next sunday, and we hope for a little better weather.


Arnfinn (to the right) waiting to start in the finals, assisted by Rune and Vidar

Danish Championship 2007

is over, and Michael Munk is on the top of the podium. Jan Hansen no. 2 (to the right) and Søren Krogh nr. 3.
We had a very nice weekend in Denmark, as always. Sunny weather, and little wind to be in Denmark. 16 pilots from Denmark, Norway, Germany and Estland (!), so it was quite an international national championship...
I ended up as 9th. A dreadful last duration with only 578 points was the reason. Dropped to from 7th because of that.
On the upside; new personal best at speed, with 17,7 sec. (The winner of that round get 17,3 something, so I have never been closer to a 1000 point at the speed task.
My team mate Erik ended 6th. Many got quite beaten in one or several tasks.
A big tribute to the danish guys Jesper, Søren and Jan, who splitted them selfs in three different teams. The reason for this was that there was a lot of new pilots to F3B at this event, and they wanted to give them as much help as possible.
A big thank you to Louise and Jan, who made their home available to us, for the nights. Thank You.
I realy enjoy these trips to Denmark, and look forward to the next one.
And thank you to my team-mate Erik for a nice trip and good help in the contest.

Finally!

The seasons first F3B competition. Not in Norway, but in Denmark. My team-mate Erik Morgan and my self are going to Denmark next weekend, to partisipate in the Danish championship F3B 2007. My Crossfire are ready, and I look realy forward to another perfect weekend in Denmark.