Contest was organised on the Air Force Academy airfield, which is surrounded by high trees. It is adequate for free flight only with low wind or if the wind is in the direction of the runway.

In fact, the wind, which has never been too strong, stayed approximately in the direction of the main runway, which gave good conditions both for timing and retrieving the models. Nevertheless, we had to move the starting line several times, in order to give the longest possible distance for the models to be correctly observed by the timekeepers. This was not too much a problem except on the power day when the jury had to decide to reduce the maximum duration to 2 minutes after two rounds.

Some models went to the forests, outside of the airfield, but all of them were finally retrieved. The contest was perfectly organised and well run by Stephan Kraszewski, better known as an F2B experienced judge, but who did very well. The co-operation between contest organisation and the FAI Jury has been excellent and provided a very smooth competition.

There was no protest, but we noticed some difficulty to enforce the rule B.3.4 concerning the helper for a junior competitor. The aim of this rule is to have the juniors operating their models by themselves. The Jury suggests a modification of the existing rule, which could be:

“B.3.4.c): At Junior Continental and World Championships, competitors should set their timer and prepare their models by themselves before each official flight.”

The organiser had difficulties with some teams because the entry fees and accommodation were not paid in advance. It is necessary that the information contained in the bulletins should be strictly followed.

This should be mentioned at the Plenary Meeting and a special note should be sent to the concerned NACs.