English F3F models: Twinstar MPX and Combat wings ! Just in case there is not enough wind to race ...

Nice decoration for this spanish Ellipse 2 !

A cobra (from Samba Model) and a Wizard Compact.

The TEMPUS, is very popular in spain and is used by most of the spanish pilots. Inspired by the Big Mach ( a french F3F glider designed in 1996), the Tempus uses a S7012 and a true elliptical planform.

Kevin  Newton, waiting his turn to fly. Kevin uses a Pike V Extreme with new tip panel, designed by himself and build by Samba Model. These new tip panels

Peter Atkinson is spanish (even if his name sounds english !). Peter was the contest director of this open

2 of the organisers at the scoring table with electronic F3F device to manage automatically the run, the computer with the excel speadsheet and the printer.

John Mc Curdy's V-Ultra Pico, before the race ...

and during the race !!! Unlucky...

Espen Torp prepares his Wizard compact for the race. On the right, Jorge Infante, one of the organiser of the next Viking Race in Portugal (July 2000).

 UNDERGROUND DYNAMIC SOARING, a new flying style by John Mc Curdy:

Take an Ellipse 2V carbon,fly some dynamic soaring and break the elevator control horn or servos at 250 km/h !

John is sponsored by Ravensburger©, the well known jigsaw manufacturer ...

                               RESULTS

Rk   name                                      country                points          plane/wing section

1     KEVIN NEWTON                (UK)                   3890,32      (Pike Extreme WR - RG15 modified)
2     PIERRE RONDEL                 (FRANCE)        3837,45      (Miraj  - MG06)
3     DIDIER LANOT                    (FRANCE)        3835,76      (Tempus - S7012)
4     MARCEL GUWANG            (FRANCE)        3808,45      (Miraj - MG06)
5     ANDONI GORRIÑOBEASKOA (SPAIN)      3708,77       (Factor 2 modified V-tail - S7012)
6     JOHN BENNETT                 (UK)                    3699,61       (Acacia - RG15)
7     JOSÉ L. DE JOSÉ                 (SPAIN)             3673,37       (Tempus - S7012)
8     FRICKE ANDREAS             (GERMANY)     3660,56       (Miraj - MG06)
9     ESPEN TORP                       (NORWAY)        3628,64       (Wizard Compact - S2040)
10   ALEX MCMEEKIN             (UK)                    3620,23       (Acacia - RG15)
11   LUIS MEJIAS                      (SPAIN)              3542,91
12   ANGEL CRISTÓBAL          (SPAIN)              3519,61       (Tempus - S7012)
13   ALEXIS MARECHAL         (FRANCE)          3506,64       (Miraj - MG06)
14   CRAIG TOUTOLMIN         (USA)                   3500,59       (Hurricane - RG15)
15   OLIVIER BORDES             (FRANCE)          3494,49       (Tempus - S7012)
16   JONH MCCURDY              (UK)                     3476,93       (V-Ultra Pico & Ellipse 2)
17   LOIC BLANCO                  (FRANCE)          3440,35       (Miraj - MG06)
18   PETE RUNDLE                   (UK)                     3425,66       ( Cito 3 & Tragi 702)
19   PEDRO PEREZ                   (SPAIN)                3406,60
20   IÑAKI ELIZONDO            (SPAIN)                3401,23       (Tempus - S7012)
21   ERIC MOREY                    (UK)                       3380,13
22   ANTONIO LUCENA        (SPAIN)                 3375,69
23   MICHEL ETCHARD         (FRANCE)            3368,63       ( Cobra Calypso - MH32)
24   OLMO LUCENA               (SPAIN)                 3319,65
25   GASPAR MATEU              (SPAIN)                 3285,92
26   MIKE SHELLIM                (UK)                      3266,29
27   STEVE COOPER               (UK)                      3257,98
28   CARLOS AIMAT              (SPAIN)                 3253,30
29   JORGE INFANTE            (PORTUGAL)        3228,56
30   MANUEL RAMOS           (SPAIN)                 3210,52
31   EDUARDO MARTINEZ    (SPAIN)                 3205,34
32   ANDRES CARDONA       (SPAIN)                  3153,62
33   MARCELINO PUÑAL     (SPAIN)                  3120,09
34   JAVIER MAYOR             (SPAIN)                   3119,30
35   JUAN BRUNO                 (SPAIN)                   3071,61
36   JOSE MARIA RAMOS     (SPAIN)                   3053,53
37   JAIME BRUIX                  (SPAIN)                   3030,48
38   GUNNAR MORKENSDAL (NORWAY)          2702,75
39   SIMON J. ATKINSON     (UK)                          1991,39
40   SIGMUND JILL                (SPAIN)                    0,00
 

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