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