Day 2

We awoke to sunny skies and light winds, a good sign for any pilot! After a bite of breakfast we headed out to the field and set up the planes. Michi and Liyan were already there and saved us some prime parking.

Harry had the FAI guys fly their final P-13 flight first thing in the morning. This got us caught up with the rest of the other classes. The Intermediate, Advanced and Masters then flew after us and once done we broke for lunch. 

The round three scores were also posted and then the fun began for the FAI guys. Harry took his judging panel and gave instructions on what to be looking for in the F-13 maneuvers. In particular the "opposite" type rolls that required a reversal immediately... "no hesitation" as Michi says in his Japanese accent:-)  After the judging review Ivan put up the first round of F and got things rolling along. Each plane was once again sound checked prior to each flight but there were no planes that had issues that I know of. 

The rounds continued under a slowly growing blow out winds until everyone had finished their flights. The crew quickly started to break down the flying site and return it to it's original condition.

Scores were calculated and the winners announced.

Overall National Results:

Intermediate

1) 4000 - Scott McNaught
2) 3898 - Doug Deyell
3) 3613 - Ted McNaught
4) 3591 - Gerard Baron
5) 3058 - Paul Brine

Advanced

1) 4000 - Will Gross
2) 3661 - James Eichenberg
3) 3572 - Ross Irwin
4) 3381 - Ken Hendry
5) 3281 - Albert Armstrong

Masters

1) 4000 - Steve Miller
2) 2962 - Jim Quinn

FAI

1) 2000 - Chad Northeast
2) 1788 - Ivan Kristensen
3) 1737 - Colin Chariandy
4) 1702 - Michi Akimoto
5) 1659 - Dave Reaville
6) 1626 - Ethan Chariandy
7) 1577 - Xavier Mouraux

FAI F3A Team Trials results as of July 2nd are :

1) Chad Northeast
2) Colin Chariandy
3) Michi Akimoto
4) Dave Reaville (Alternate)

FAI F3A Team Trials Junior results:

1) Ethan Chariandy

Ethan and the rest of the team will travel to South Africa to represent Canada at the 2013 World Championships next Summer. The team manager is TBA

Special thanks go out to those Pine Ridge Club members who helped put on a great Nationals and Team Trials this year. Well done!

Also a special thank you for Harry & Rosemary Ells for the great hospitality! They opened up the house to us and treated us like gold. Always great to visit the farm!